Christine has conducted a study in which family caregivers of young adults with severe developmental disabilities were trained in stress reduction methods. After the fact, she discusses her findings with participants to ask whether the results make sense to them. Christine is assessing the ____ of her research
a. credibility
b. transferability
c. dependability
d. confirmability
a
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Which of the following would be LEAST likely to be protected from discovery because of the attorney work product?
A. Correspondence between an attorney and trial consultant. B. Legal research. C. The responses of prospective jurors to a supplemental questionnaire. D. Reports on the opinions and conclusions of the attorneys.
Lem is looking at new cars. Each one he sees has a certain trim detail across the hood which he somewhat likes at the start of the day. At the end of the day, and fifteen cars later, he really likes the detail. His opinion is influenced by the
a. stimulus generalization effect. b. mere exposure effect. c. familiarity effect. d. proximity effect.
Rosario participated in a program in which she wrote about a traumatic event in her life as a way to improve her distress about this event. Maxime participated in the same program, but in addition to writing about a traumatic event in her life, she received instructions to focus on finding something positive about this negative experience. Research indicates that
A) ?both women will benefit from each version of the program equally. B) ?Rosario will profit more than Maxime because trying to find a positive aspect to a negative situation will detract from the value of emotional disclosure. C) ?Maxime will profit more than Rosario because focusing on something positive adds additional benefits to emotional disclosure. D) ?neither woman will benefit from the program as much as a man would.