For practical reasons, many psychological experiments on humans
a. Draw their subjects from introductory psychology courses
b. Are truly randomly selected
c. Are not approved by the IRB
d. Require approval of college department chairs
a
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What principle guided developers of the DSM-5 as they wrote definitions of mental disorders?
a. Definitions should consider political factors. b. Disorders should be associated with distress or disability. c. Deviant behaviors that are encouraged by certain religions should be included. d. Abnormal behaviors should have a biological basis to be considered mental disorders.
J. P. Guilford was a pioneer in the
a. logical-content strategy. b. contrasted groups strategy. c. factor analytic strategy. d. theoretical strategy.
A college dean constructed a survey to measure college students’ attitudes toward learning classical languages. She obtained a list of students from the registrar’s office and divided the students into four lists: freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. She then divided each of the four lists into lists for men and women. Finally, she used a random numbers table to choose eight students from each list. What sampling method was she using?
A. simple random sampling B. cluster sampling C. systematic sampling D. stratified random sampling
Assume that your readers are
a. at the same educational level that you are. b. intelligent lay people. c. experienced research psychologists. d. none of the above