Ethical standards permit the use of deception in research studies only if
A) researchers can observe participants from behind one-way mirrors.
B) the participants give informed consent and the researchers never reveal the real purpose of the study.
C) the participants are young enough that they would not understand the deception.
D) the benefits to society justify the risks to the participants.
D
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likely altered would be a. the amygdala. b. the pons. c. the hippocampus. d. the reticular formation.
Sasha has an intense and irrational fear of large bodies of water. She may have
a. a specific phobia. b. social phobia. c. unipolar disorder. d. agoraphobia.
The tendency to focus on one feature of an object in the environment while ignoring other equally important features is called stimulus ____
a. dominance b. specialization c. screening d. overselectivity
Kelvin described, logically and in detail, an imaginary community on Mars—including how people would survive without oxygen and what new laws would be needed. According to Piaget, Kelvin is in the ____ stage of cognitive development.?
a. ?sensorimotor b. ?preoperational c. ?concrete operational d. ?formal operational