Jaime would like to investigate freshmen's adjustment to college life. She decides to recruit 500 Introduction to Psychology students as respondents for her survey, offering 1 extra class credit for survey completion. At the end of data collection, Jaime discovers that some students displayed response sets in the survey. Jaime's data is potentially ________________ due to _______________________.

a. invalid; careless responding
b. invalid; motivated response bias
c. ungeneralizable; self-selection bias
d. ungeneralizable; careless responding


Answer: a. invalid; careless responding

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A. Women in rural areas are more likely to report being victimized by rape. B. Black women are more likely to be skeptical and doubtful about involving police in a situation. C. Women are just as likely as men to be the victims of violent crime. D. White women are more likely to be convicted of crimes and imprisoned than minority women.

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Child maltreatment is correlated with one or more of the following conditions ____________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Cognitive retraining has been found to be effective in helping older adults maintain their memory skills

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Recipients of services in the medical model are called

a. clients b. consumers c. patients d. individuals

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