Although some psychological investigations with human participants can produce physical harm, the more likely risks involve
a. participants telling other participants about the true purpose of the study.
b. researchers falsifying their data and publishing the results.
c. psychological harm to the participants.
d. participants not getting the appropriate amount of money owed to them.
c
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According to research presented in your chapter, which factor is most related to the likelihood of childhood bereavement leading to long-lasting effects, such as depression?
a. The child witnessed the death b. The child was very close to the deceased. c. The child did not have a chance to "say goodbye.". d. The child did not receive care and attention after the death.
Which person is most likely to resist the social pressure encountered from salespersons?
a. Alphos, who has high self-esteem. b. Betos, who has low social anxiety. c. Thetos, who worries what others think of him. d. Both Alphos and Betos.
At puberty, Freud believed we enter the latency period
a. True b. False
A distribution of scores that includes outliers or scores that fall substantially above or below most other scores in a data set is called a ______.
A. skewed distribution B. normal distribution C. rectangular distribution D. population distribution