The ____ of a research study is concerned with factors in the study that raise doubts about the interpretation of the results
a. internal validity
b. external validity
c. reliability
d. accuracy
a
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Intergenerational transmission of attachment means that
a. attachment is a biologically driven and heritable trait. b. all children in one family will have the same attachment classification. c. secure parents tend to raise secure children. d. the attachment styles of mothers transfer to children, but not those of fathers.
At the Community Training Center, credit cost of backup reinforcers reflected the
a. therapeutic benefit of the activities. b. client's personal valuations. c. self-reported behavioral frequencies. d. the client's level in the credit system.
Zach likes to sit in the back of the classroom so he can talk to his friend Elizabeth while the teacher is instructing. The teacher finds this behavior very disruptive. What would you do to eliminate the cues for Zach's talking behavior?
What will be an ideal response?
A study put rats in a typical T-maze that ended with two different directions. The study found that, if a rat found food in one arm on the first trial of the day, it typically looked in the other arm on the very next trial. This is BEST explained by:
A) the rat's evolutionary preparedness of foraging. B) latent learning in the absence of reinforcement. C) the behaviourist view of operant conditioning. D) the formation of stimulus–response associations.