A bias that may operate in research when people are allowed to determine whether or not they will receive a treatment is called a
A) volunteer bias.
B) treatment bias.
C) selection factor.
D) experimenter bias.
C
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Psychologists who study sensation and perception distinguish between the __________ stimulus, which is the physical object in the world, and the __________ stimulus, which is the optical image on the retina
FIll in the blank with correct word.
Stress-inoculation therapy involves ________
a. providing patients with drug injections to make them more resistant to stress b. using physical fitness techniques to improve clients' physical health that, in turn, makes them more resistant to stress c. teaching people to anticipate and avoid situations that they find stressful d. training clients to cope with situations they find stressful because of their misconceptions
While aggression may in certain circumstances be appropriate (perhaps in a competitive situation), we generally cannot be lashing out at others in most social situations. What is the name of the mechanism for curbing aggressive tendencies?
What resource must we typically draw on to curb those tendencies? Describe the "donut" study used to test this hypothesis? What will be an ideal response?
Assuming a new identity in a new place is characteristic of
A) dissociative identity disorder. B) dissociative fugue. C) depersonalization disorder. D) all forms of dissociative amnesia.