Dr. Jones examined people with and without depression and found that people with depression had more stressful life events. However, the data were later discarded because the investigator found that people with depression simply remembered more stressful life events than people without depression. This example shows the problem of in experiments
a. associations
b. faulty analyses
c. confounds
d. dissociation
c
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a. assess sex chromosome abnormalities. c. assess the degree of mental retardation. b. detect neural tube defects. d. measure enzyme levels in the fetus.
The five-factor view of personality suggests that humans differ, to greater or lesser degree, on five basic traits: emotional stability, extroversion, openness to experiences, agreeableness, and conscientiousness
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Janet and her husband are thrilled as they look into Janet's uterus by means of an ultrasound
The physician reports that the baby is only 1½ inches long and is about 8 weeks along. Janet's baby is at the very end of the ________ stage of prenatal development. a. embryonic b. zygote c. prenatal d. fetal
Which of the following is true?
a. Interactions can occur without there being a main effect of any independent variable. b. None of the other answers is correct. c. If two independent variables each have a main effect on the dependent variable, then an interaction will occur. d. Interactions can only occur when at least one independent variable has an individual effect on the dependent variable.