A lack of body distortions among the Amish
a. provides evidence against a role for sociocultural factors in the development of eating disorders.
b. indicates that the Amish do not value physical beauty.
c. suggests that the influence of the Western media is not as great as commonly perceived.
d. suggests that there should be a low prevalence of eating disorders among these peoples.
d. suggests that there should be a low prevalence of eating disorders among these peoples.
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a. marginalization b. disillusionment c. alienation d. burnout
In the context of procedures used to establish linguistic equivalence, which of the following is an accurate description of back translation?
a) It involves several bilingual informants collectively translating a research protocol into a target language. b) It involves taking a research protocol in one language, translating it into the target language, and having someone else translate it back to the original. c) It is a procedure used to establish sampling equivalence. d) It is a procedure that involves several bilingual informants debating the various forms, words, and phrases to be used while translating a research protocol to a target language.
Based on the information in Chapter 1, how would you describe the approach of William James?
a. He emphasized rigorous experimentation and carefully controlled research. b. He asked research participants to report their sensations and perceptions as objectively as possible. c. He emphasized the kinds of psychological experiences that people encounter in their everyday lives. d. He emphasized that we must look for the unconscious forces that underlie cognitive activities.
Research by Masling, O'Neill, and Katkin on high oral types found that:
a. they experienced more stress than anal study participants when forced to interact with an impersonal individual b. they experienced less stress than anal participants when forced to interact with an impersonal person c. they experienced more stress in an interaction with an impersonal individual than in an interaction with a warm, personal individual d. they experienced no stress when forced to interact with a cold, impersonal person