A group of researchers would like to study the experience of motherhood for US Latina women. They locate a sample of Latina women and a sample of European American women in order to conduct their research. An important problem with this approach to studying Latina women is that
a. The study cannot be fair because the United States has more European American women than Latina women.
b. The study should have compared US Latina women with Latina women living in Latin America.
c. The comparison-groups framework implies that European American women are normative, and the Latina women are a nonstandard group.
d. The study would have to be longitudinal, which would take too many years to complete.
C
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A. "sensation." B. "meta-memory." C. "thinking." D. "learning."
The opposite of __________ is being conventional and less comfortable with change
a. neuroticism b. agreeableness c. extraversion d. openness to experience
________ can be defined as a scientific approach to studying, understanding, and promoting healthy and positive psychological functioning.
A. Clinical psychology B. Health psychology C. Developmental psychology D. Positive psychology
Becky is careless, impulsive, and disorganized. According to the Big Five personality factors, Becky is most likely to score low on
A. conscientiousness. B. agreeableness. C. neuroticism. D. openness to experience.