Wanda is conducting a study of social behaviors among children who are considered to be at high risk because one or both of their parents is in prison. Two observers rate the children's social skills, perform an intervention that consists of structured socialization opportunities, and then rate the children's social skills again. Unfortunately, neither of her original observers are available
after the intervention, so she has to use two new observers. As a result, Wanda has a(n) ____ threat.
a. history
b. mortality
c. instrumentation
d. regression
c
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A. standardized B. structured C. projective D. objective
In the opening case, James was taken to the hospital for evaluation because he
a. engaged in self-destructive behavior. b. seemed intoxicated. c. was greatly confused. d. all of these are reasons why James was taken to the hospital.
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a. a lower absolute threshold for temperature b. a lower perceptual invariance for temperature c. a higher difference threshold for temperature d. a higher absolute threshold for temperature
Mary Ainsworth identified three different types of attachment based on her work with the strange situation test, and other researchers added a fourth attachment style several years later
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.