Trojan interviews a group of 50 teen mothers to determine what sort of knowledge they hold regarding use of contraceptives prior to the time they became pregnant. He then writes an article where he speaks in broad terms about what teen mothers know about the use of contraceptives prior to becoming pregnant. In this study, the group of 50 teen mothers is called the _____, while all teen mothers
are collectively called the _____.
a. control group; population
b. population; sample
c. sample; control group
d. sample; population
d
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An _____ helps to determine whether participants are _____ or _____
a. IRB; debriefed; not b. IRB; at risk; at minimal risk c. informed consent; debriefed; not d. informed consent; at risk; at minimal risk
All frequency distributions should be of grouped scores
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Adults' theories of living things begin in infancy when babies first distinguish animate objects from inanimate objects
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
With respect to propositional thought in an entirely verbal mode, young children have great difficulty reasoning from premises that contradict reality or their own beliefs because they __________
A) automatically inhibit activation of well-learned, real-world knowledge B) believe that the accuracy of conclusions rests on the rules of logic C) fail to grasp the logical necessity of propositional reasoning D) show no ability to engage in hypothetico-deductive reasoning