What is the biggest reason that researchers select samples from populations and do not select entire populations?
What will be an ideal response?
The biggest reason is that researchers rarely have access to all individuals in a population.
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Language development is
a. unpredictable. b. sequenced and step-like. c. dependent entirely upon environmental stimulation, not genetics. d. gender specific in its timing.
What does it mean to say that the treatment for a problem behavior has generalized?
a. the problem behavior is maintained over time b. the problem behavior occurs in a number of similar situations c. the problem behavior does not occur in all relevant situations d. the problem behavior no longer occurs in the treatment setting
Olivia didn't get into her first choice of college but she did get into two other schools, which she considered less desirable options. Given the type of conflict, what's most likely to happen as Olivia makes the decision?
A. She'll be frozen and unable to decide. B. She'll pick one but wonder if the other might have been better. C. She'll easily pick one, believing that going to college is better than getting a job. D. She'll decide to take a year off and apply again to her first choice.
For rats in a Skinner box, very little learning occurs when the delay between bar pressing and receiving food exceeds __________ seconds
a. 10 b. 25 c. 40 d. 50