Professor Jeffrey assigned each of his students a number and selected 20 for his study by using a table of random numbers. Professor Jeffrey was interested in how the type of feedback received would affect the level of happiness in his students. The students were either praised or insulted and then the levels of happiness were measured by a questionnaire administered at the end of the study. What
is the dependent variable of this study?
a. praise
b. feedback
c. students
d. happiness
D
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d. the effects can be offset by authoritarian parenting by both parents.
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a. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder c. lower prevalence of depression b. higher prevalence of substance abuse d. all of the above
Which form(s) of coping serves to be most effective in treating alcoholism?
a. Cognitive b. Avoidance c. Behavioral d. both a & c
Betty, who became a mother in 1961, did not return to work after her daughter Lisa was born. Which of the following is most likely to be true about Lisa, who became a mother in 1990?
a. she did not return to work at all after her son was born b. she returned to work only after her second child was born in 1994 c. she returned to work within three weeks, but her husband left his job to care for their child full time d. she returned to work when their first child was one year old