While walking through the downtown area, someone hands you a questionnaire about your attitudes toward the death penalty. You are asked to use a 7-point agree/disagree scale to rate statements about the death penalty
What type of measurement is being used?
a) Likert scale
b) behavioral measure
c) participant observation
d) unobtrusive observation
A
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Which of the following was a result of the Federal Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984?
A. It became much easier for defendants to quality for the insanity defense. B. The act narrowed the definition of insanity to the "product test" (the Durham rule). C. The act abolished the "knowing right from wrong" principle. D. The act put the burden of proof on the defense.
Part of conducting an independent-samples t test is using difference scores that are found for each participant.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Two events are said to be independent when
a. the probability of one event is influenced by the occurrence of the other event. b. you do not have knowledge about the occurrence of either event. c. the probability of one event is determined by the occurrence of the other event. d. the probability of one event is not influenced by the occurrence of the other event.
Castration results in a loss of sexual behaviors for males, but not females.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)