Arlene does not know she has rubella and exposes her pregnant sister, Amanda to this disease. The fact that Amanda is only about 8 weeks pregnant when she catches the disease:
A. has less impact on potential congenital defects than how sick Amanda was
B. has no effect on the fetus as the placenta prevents rubella from passing to the fetus
C. increases the chance her baby will be born with congenital defects
D. decreases the chance her baby will suffer any defects from the exposure
C. increases the chance her baby will be born with congenital defects
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Which of the following statements is NOT true of animal studies?
A. Many researchers feel it is acceptable to expose animals to situations in the laboratory that would not be ethical to impose on humans. B. Studies conducted on animals rarely have any ethical issues. C. Animal research may be crucial to the advancement of our knowledge of how to help people overcome psychopathology. D. Generalizing results of animal studies to human subjects is suspect.
Dynamic systems researchers ________
A) observe children’s behavior just after they have reached a more effective level of functioning B) acknowledge wide individual differences in the way children master the same skills C) believe that most children master the same skills in a similar way D) view development as taking place in stages rather than as continuous change
A sample has a mean of M = 39.5 and a standard deviation of s = 4.3, and produces a t statistic of t = 2.14 . For a two-tailed hypothesis test with ? = .05, what is the correct statistical decision for this sample?
a. The researcher can reject the null hypothesis with ? = .05 but not with ? = .01. b. The researcher can reject the null hypothesis with either ? = .05 or ? = .01. c. The researcher must fail to reject the null hypothesis with either ? = .05 or ? = .01. d. It is impossible to make a decision about H0 without more information.
In South Africa, the term "corrective rape" is used to refer to when a lesbian woman is raped as a means to "cure" her of her sexual orientation
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false