Dr. Peters conducted a study to examine the effects of family income on the types of attachments that infants form with their primary caregivers. Because the participants were not randomly assigned to groups, Dr. Peters
a. cannot conduct any informative statistical analyses.
b. must redo the study with randomly assigned groups.
c. cannot conduct a quasi-experiment.
d. must be cautious when interpreting the results of his study.
D
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a. trust. b. euphoria. c. indigence. d. fear.
In collectivist cultures, a persons's sense of identity is:
A. primarily determined by his or her outstanding accomplishments B. strongly influenced by the persons interdependent relationships with others, such as the person's family C. largely a matter of individual preferences and attitudes D. best characterized as independent autonomous, and distinctive
Wernicke's aphasia is unique in that the person:
a. is speaking in a slow, labored fashion b. sounds normal to the casual listener c. is aware of his or her speech deficits d. all of the above
A used by psychologists, temperament refers to
A. A person's frustration-anger threshold. B. A genetically-determined physiological disposition to respond to the environment in stable and typical manner. C. The sum total of a person's enduring personality traits that are co-determined by genetics and the environment. D. A person's baseline level of happiness.