Dr. Rossini is developing a training program to help a young woman with mental retardation to sort clothes in the laundry of the residential facility in which she lives. Whenever she performs her job according to the protocol, she receives a reward. If she does not stay on task, she receives no reward. Dr. Rossini is involved in
a. pure research. c. psychoanalysis.
b. basic research. d. the practice of psychology.
D
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A child who cleans up their room to avoid losing a privilege is operating at the _____ level of Kohlberg's theory
a. conventional c. nonconventional b. post conventional d. preconventional
Carissa, a five-year-old, was given two new toys to play with. She was told that one was a new toy for girls and the other was a new toy for boys. Carissa is most likely to
a. play with both toys equally. b. play more with the toy that was meant for a boy. c. play more with the toy that was meant for a girl. d. play with the toy meant for a boy only when no one is watching.
Which child living in a low-SES, predominantly African-American neighborhood is the most likely to have self-esteem problems?
A) Patti, a European-American child B) Tamara, an African-American girl C) Perry, a child from a low-SES family D) Sherman, an African-American boy
You want to test people's reactions to a new artificial sweetener,
so you give them coffee with two different kinds of sweetener. Although you know which sweetener is which, you don't let them know which sweetener they're getting. This type of experiment is called a experiment. a. double-blind b. single-blind c. placebo effect d. placebo bias