Dr. Schultz is conducting a cross-cultural study to determine the incidence of anorexia
nervosa in three countries—Thailand, Japan, and the U.S.
She wants to know if young
adults suffering from this disorder experience a common distorted body image. The
extent of anorexia nervosa within each of these three countries would be an example of
an _______ characteristic, whereas the distorted body image hypothesis linking all three
countries together would be an example of an _______ characteristic.
a. emic; etic
b. etic; emic
c. enculturation; acculturation
d. acculturation; enculturation
a
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a. permit researchers greater control. b. allow more naturalistic observation of behavior. c. are less susceptible to experimenter expectancy effects. d. have fewer problems caused by the limitations of self-report data.
Richardson, et al. (2014) foundfour times more residue from ____ in patients with Alzheimer's disease
a. pesticides c. carbon monoxide b. alcohol d. chlorine
In an international study of IBM workers in 48 countries, work was consistently more likely to create in family life than family life was to in work
a. good communication; facilitate productivity b. satisfaction; create satisfaction c. harmony; be disruptive d. conflict; be disruptive
Which one of the following scenarios best demonstrates the concept of hermeneutics?
a. A parole officer obtains urine specimens from several parolees and has them analyzed for evidence of substance abuse. b. Guards in a prisoner-of-war camp analyze the out-going mail of prisoners to determine if an escape attempt is being plotted. c. A supervisor of graduate student teachers administers a questionnaire to students to determine the effectiveness of student-teachers. d. The director of a day care center observes and records the interactions among the children to identify potentially aggressive ones.