A researcher has identified seventy individuals with a relatively rare psychological disorder. These individuals are asked to identify blood relatives, who are contacted by the researcher to see if they have the same disorder. What kind of research study is being performed?
a. an epidemiological survey
b. a genetic linkage study
c. a historical study
d. a correlational case study
b
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____ is a term suggested by Skinner to indicate a response that can be changed by its consequences
a. Prepared response c. Effect response b. Conditioned response d. Operant response
Which of the following does not explain why some children have mathematical disabilities?
a. limited exposure to numbers in the early years b. insufficient working memory capacity c. very stringent confidence criterion d. lack of conceptual understanding of counting
In order to collect experience sampling data, a researcher might:
A. conduct a telephonic survey. B. manipulate participants' experiences in laboratory. C. record participants' physiological reactions in laboratory. D. ask participants to fill out the same questionnaire every day for several weeks.
The emotional and social bonds between infants and their caregivers are called
A) accommodations. B) adaptations. C) attributions. D) attachments.