The Kinsey continuum was the first scale to suggest that ____
a. we should just let people decide for themselves; if they believe they are heterosexual, they are, no matter how they behave
b. the simplest way to categorize a person's sexual orientation seems to be through sexual behavior
c. people engage in complex sexual behaviors that cannot be reduced to simply "homosexual" or "heterosexual"
d. we should consider romantic love instead of sex to determine a person's sexual orientation
C
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According to Freud, lack of opportunity to have needs sufficiently met or to express them adequately during a critical period is predicted to have
a. no effect on development because the needs can be expressed as an adult. b. negative consequences for how the child relates to others and for feelings of self-worth. c. positive consequences for how the child relates to others and for feelings of self-worth. d. irreversible affects on development that will later manifest as violent psychoses.
Which best describes a questionnaire with a closed-question format?
A. observing people and recording their behavior either through filming or through written records B. participants are allowed to state their own responses following the question C. researchers spend a considerable amount of time among the people they wish to study, often by actually living among them D. participants are provided with specific responses to choose from
A researcher conducts an experiment to investigate a new medication. She utilizes a matched-set design to control for sex differences among participants and measures their hormonal levels at three time points throughout the study
The treatment conditions include a control group of participants who do not receive the medication, a group who receives a low dose, and a group who receives a high dose. To determine group mean differences, these data would be analyzed using a a) one-way ANOVA for correlated groups b) one-way ANOVA for independent groups. c) t test. d) power analysis.
Because schizophrenia appears to be a neurodevelopmental disorder, several studies have tracked the development of brain damage in schizophrenic patients. Meta-analyses of these studies indicate that
A) extensive brain damage exists when patients first seek medical help and have their first brain scan. B) brain damage continues to develop after the initial diagnosis. C) damage to different areas of the brain develops at different rates. D) all of the above E) none of the above