In Milgram's obedience to authority experiments research participants believed they were delivering electric shock to another person when in fact they were not. This is a good example of
a. active deception.
b. passive deception.
c. participant coercion.
d. falsification.
A
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a. spent little time at the statehouse as a result of his continual national campaigning b. successfully pushed the first state voucher for schools program in the United States c. instituted standardized testing known as the TAKS, a precursor to No Child Left Behind d. wooed socially conservative voters by banning all stem cell research in the state of Texas
The Constitution of _________ lengthened the governor's term of office to 4 years, centralized control of the public school system, and allowed the governor to appoint all major state offices
a. 1845 b. 1836 c. 1869 d. 1876 e. 1861
Which of the following might contain a serious threat to the external validity of a study?
a. a survey with a return rate of 30% b. statistically significant findings in both the clinical setting and at home c. evidence of a consistent effect in the winter and the spring d. evidence that shows SAT scores and GPA change with improved study habits
Suppose someone explains the outbreak of World War II by stating, "Hitler was trapped by his own fascist rhetoric into attacking European great powers even if the
military reality demonstrated clearly that such a path was self-destructive." This statement takes a(n) _____ approach to explaining World War II. a. ideational b. institutional c. psychological d. realist