Researchers conducting web-based research have trouble controlling who actually answers their on-line questionnaires, which places limits on their research due to
a. researcher bias.
b. research participant bias.
c. biased samples.
d. the Barnum effect.
C
You might also like to view...
____ refers to the process of deliberately seeking environments that fit one's heredity
a. Niche-picking b. Context-selection c. Base-rating d. Polygenic inheritance
In an experiment examining the effects of background noise on people's ability to understand a verbal message, one group of participants is given a comprehension quiz after listening to a passage being read to them with no background noise. A week later, the same group of participants is given a comprehension quiz after listening to a passage being read to them with 60 decibels of conversation as background noise. This is an example of a ____ design.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following statements is Answer: False regarding medical education in the United States?
a. Medical schools have historically offered only limited assistance to the medical student concerning dying and death. b. Recent surveys of physicians revealed that they prefer more emphasis on the topic of death and dying in medical schools. c. The majority of medical schools offer a required course in thanatology for students. d. The medical training of most physicians historically seems to be primarily concerned with the patient's physical state rather than with social-psychological needs.
Suppose that the plasticity principle did NOT apply to development; if this were true, it would imply that
a. babies would not be motivated to consume plastic things. b. children who grow up in terrible circumstances would suffer inevitably from their deficiencies. c. parental training would be vital for children to develop normally. d. boy/girl gender differences would be nonexistent.