Debriefing might be delayed if the researcher fears that it
a. would increase a participant's susceptibility to risk during the course of a study.
b. could inform potential participants about the nature of the study before it is completed.
c. might interfere with his or her measurement of the dependent variable.
d. is truly unnecessary to tell participants about the true nature of the study.
e. might interfere with the matching of participants.
b. could inform potential participants about the nature of the study before it is
completed.
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During a visuospatial task,
A. males and females showed very similar patterns of right hemisphere activation. B. males were more likely to activate both hemispheres than females. C. females were more likely to activate both hemispheres than males. D. males and females showed very similar patterns of left hemisphere activation.
Bandura's theory is based on
a. a model of operant conditioning. b. social conditions. c. classical conditioning. d. self-efficacy theory.
One of the major criticisms of Kohlberg is that he only did his research on boys; subsequent research by Gilligan and others attempted to remedy this with a specific study of the effect of gender on ethics and morality. You are a police chief in a small city that has seen recent protests due to perceived police brutality. There is a "macho" culture to your police force, but there are several women who hold positions of influence and power. What possible biological and theoretical frameworks could you apply to reform your institution?
What will be an ideal response?
Alex loves to see his girlfriend smile. When he stops on the way home from the office to pick up a little gift for her, she gets the biggest smile on her face when he gives it to her. According to the principles behind operant conditioning, Alex stops to buy her gifts more and more frequently because:
A. her smile reinforces his behavior. B. if she doesn't smile he feels punished. C. it takes increasingly more gifts to make her smile. D. he rewards her smiling with the gifts.