Which of the following is one of the reasons that college students are so often used as participants in psychological research?
A. They represent the population from Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic cultures.
B. They are compliant, allowing researchers to have greater control.
C. They are generally readily available to researchers.
D. They experience less distress than participants from outside university settings.
Answer: C
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a. groups were closer in age rather than diverse b. a "dissenter" in the group always gave anincorrect response c. a "dissenter" in the group always gave the correct response d. groups were mixed-sex rather than all-male
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a. predictive b. construct c. internal d. external
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a. industrial/organizational psychologists b. clinical psychologists c. school psychologists d. applied psychologists e. experimental psychologists
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(a) we become unaware of the pressure of a watch on our skin (b) we can see much better after about 15 minutes in a dark theater than when we first go in out of the daylight (c) we can see much better after a few minutes in the daylight than when we first go out of a dark theater (d) all of these are true of sensory adaptation