The controversial process of using the mean or median of a numeric variable to place participants in two groups, one with high scores on the variable and one with low scores on the variable, is __________
Fill in the blanks with correct word
dichotomizing, dichotomization
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A patient was just released from a psychiatric hospital where he has spent the last five years. A social worker spends some time trying to help him prepare for what she calls stigma. What was the focus of these sessions?
a. negative attitudes that result in various forms of discrimination b. the tendency for most mental patients to cease taking their medications c. the tendency for the public to provide too much assistance to former mental patients d. a government effort to assist former mental patients by providing group living arrangements
Research using fMRI brain scanning technology indicates which of the following?
a. East Asian participants use a greater percentage of their frontal and parietal regions when making judgments than do American participants. b. Neither East Asian nor American participants are able to overcome their typical, learned ways of attending to (or overlooking) context. c. Participants from both cultures demonstrate greater activation in higher-order cortical regions when asked to perceive objects in a way that is unusual for them. d. Social neuroscience data provide no support for the hypothesis that holistic versus analytic thinking styles tend to vary by cultural background.
The most common recommended form of exercise is cardiovascular training, especially ______.
A. Zumba and yoga B. tennis and golf C. golf and martial arts D. walking and increasing movement
Which study design might provide you the most information about both inherited and environmental contributions to a particular behavior?
A. a family study across multiple generations B. comparing sets of monozygotic and dizygotic twins C. investigating sibling behavior D. examining twins that were reared together or adopted apart