Replication is an important part of ____
a. the self-correcting nature of science
b. experimental design
c. measuring a correlation
d. experimental realism
A
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A. continuum; theory of reasoned action B. continuum; transtheoretical model C. stage; theory of reasoned action D. stage; transtheoretical model
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a. failed to verify his subjective assessment of traits. b. yielded results comparable to his eight prominent categories of traits. c. expanded his eight trait categories to more than 200 traits. d. proved irrelevant to his initial assessment of the eight categories of traits.
A social-services agency manager who is interested in stopping delinquency read Loeber's (1990) review of research on the predictors of antisocial behavior in children. Consequently, she decided to invest most of her energies in ____
a. giving children more freedom b. improving the quality of parental supervision c. convincing parents to be more expressive with their children, even when they feel hostile d. increasing the socioeconomic status of parents