In addition to the classic threats to internal validity, what other factors may influence participants’ behavior and responses in an evaluation.

What will be an ideal response?


Participants’ behaviors and responses may be shaded by such factors as the likeability of the evaluator, the desire to please the evaluation team, or reactivity to the evaluation team or the sponsors of the evaluation.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

In symbolic interactionism, people are at least somewhat free to interact, think, define, and make decisions in the present based on the immediate situation.

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Building relationships in multiperson systems

A. is a simple sum of forming individual relationships B. considers multilevel partnerships between individuals and with the group as a whole C. is not different than building relationships with individuals D. focuses solely on the group as a whole

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Research indicates __________percent of the population is homosexual

A) 2 B) 6 C) 10 D) It is difficult to determine due to a variety of factors.

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Which of the following does not characterize the immigrant Indian family described in the text:

a. was a working class family b. represented a relatively open system in their native country c. reacted to immigration by becoming a more closed system d. reacted to immigration by becoming a more open system in their new country

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