Dr. Hall found a positive correlation between depression and child abuse; depressed mothers were more likely to abuse their children. Which of the following explanations best illustrates the third-variable problem?
a) Abusing one's children may cause depression.
b) Poverty may cause both depression and child abuse.
c) The relationship between depression and child abuse may apply only to women.
d) Abused children may have a predisposition to become depressed.
b
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a. Poor parenting b. A viral infection during infancy c. The mercury preservative used in the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine d. Very low birth weight and advanced maternal age
Modern approaches to psychology __________
a. are becoming more and more mutually exclusive of each other. b. have become more and more dominated by behavioral and biological approaches. c. have become increasingly dominated by Freudian and mentalistic approaches. d. tend to complement each other, with each approach contributing in its own way to our understanding of human behavior.
Concerning altered states of consciousness, (a) describe characteristics of an altered state of consciousness,
(b) describe four everyday situations in which people experience these altered states, and (c) describe the intentional uses and meanings of the altered states within two other cultures. What will be an ideal response?
The ability to modify one’s responses to meet the requirements of a stressful situation and return to one’s characteristic level of self-regulation after a stressor is known as ________ _________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).