Mitch has a research assistant that is not very socially adept. He notices that the participants of
this research assistant provide different data when interviewed than the participants of other
assistants.
This validity threat is known as __________.
Fill in the blanks with correct word
reactivity
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Chapter 13 examines research about the public's attitudes about the abuse of women. This research shows that
a. fewer than half of Canadian adults believe that the federal government needs to take an active role in preventing family violence b. more than 90% of US residents report that they learned information from the media about the domestic-violence problem. c. college students living in countries such as India and Japan are no more likely than US college students to believe that a man's violence toward his wife is justifiable. d. there are no significant gender differences in college students' beliefs that a man's violence toward his wife is justifiable.
Why might children in lower socioeconomic classes still be growing taller while those in the middle and upper socioeconomic classes are not?
a. Nutrition for all children is becoming poorer. b. Medical care has not yet resulted in a growth trend in lower SES classes. c. Poorer children are still benefiting from improved nutrition. d. They are not? this is a myth.
Which statement is supported by research on child care?
A) The effects of substandard child care typically “wash out” once the child starts elementary school. B) Preschoolers exposed to substandard care score higher in social skills than their no-preschool agemates. C) Regardless of quality, exposure to child care leads to insecure attachment and poor school readiness. D) Good child care enhances cognitive, language, and social development, especially for low-SES children.
An analysis of Albert Einstein's brain showed that Einstein's brain
A. was not different from the brains of people with average intelligence. B. was different in the hippocampus and parietal lobe compared with the brains of people with average intelligence. C. had unusual asymmetry in the planum temporale. D. had larger than average amounts of gray matter in the frontal lobes and language areas.