Rosie participates in a study assessing the effectiveness of a drug to treat osteoporosis. Throughout the study, neither Rosie nor the person administering the dosage knows whether she was getting the real medication or a placebo. Rosie is participating in a ____
a. blind design study c. field study
b. correlational study d. double-blind design study
D
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Researchers who study oppositionality in children have found that three salient dimensions differ in terms of _____
a. etiology b. treatment c. developmental pathways d. all of these
After being passed up for a promotion and then getting into a heated argument with his son, a man disappears. He shows up two weeks later in another town claiming to be someone else, and having no memories of his previous identity. His behavior is most typical of someone with ________.
a. paraphilia. b. schizophrenia. c. a somatic symptom disorder. d. a dissociative fugue. e. antisocial personality disorder.
Matthew's baseball coach is helping him improve his hitting. During practice the coach has the pitcher throw fast balls, curve balls, and sliders so that Matthew experiences a variety of pitches, and will be more likely to hit the ball successfully during a game. Which strategy for promoting generalization is the coach using?
a. incorporating a variety of relevant stimulus situations in training b. teaching a range of functionally equivalent responses c. reinforcing occurrences of generalization d. incorporating self-generated mediators of generalization
When watching an electric train, Amy will look ahead to the end of the tunnel, rather than staring at the spot where the train disappeared. Amy must be at least ___________ years old
a. two b. three c. four d. five