One disadvantage of studying the same group of children as they age is that some children may not complete the study. Different children may leave the study at different ages. This effect is called
A) random assignment.
B) confidentiality.
C) unforeseen consequences.
D) differential dropout.
D) differential dropout.
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Research has found that modesty for most children regarding nudity in the presence of familiar people is
a. absent. c. high. b. low. d. high for girls but low for boys.
Christopher's grandfather was diagnosed recently with shingles. Based on what he had learned about dermatomes in his biological psychology class, Christopher knew that his grandfather would experience unpleasant skin eruptions in a. random patterns all over his body
b. areas that are not covered with hair, such as the soles of the feet. c. a single stripe around the entire circumference of his body. d. a single stripe on one half of his body.
The theoretical approach that views humans as having a limited ability to process information, much as computers do, is called
a. the computer-processing metaphor. b. cyber-processing theory. c. information processing. d. info-computational theory.
Research on flashbulb memories indicates that:
a) decay does not occur for these memories. b) interference does not occur for these memories. c) these memories are often the result of reconstruction rather than true memories. d) they are largely susceptible to the same errors as other types of memory.