Demand characteristics are a problem for psychological experiments because ______.
a. participants must follow instructions in order to complete a task
b. researchers cannot currently create appropriate demand stimuli
c. the demands change how a cognitive process normally works
d. demand characteristics cannot be studied in the context of the lab
c. the demands change how a cognitive process normally works
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a. will secrete estrogen continually for 3 months b. will degenerate c. will secrete progesterone continually for 3 months d. all of the above
You are a psychotherapist who has a client with a unique combination of symptoms. With your client's permission, you write an article summarizing and interpreting those symptoms. The method of research being used here is:
A. content analysis. B. archival research. C. a quasi-experiment. D. the case history method.
Guillermo enjoys riding on crowded subway cars and brushing up against or bumping into female passengers. What is the name of Guillermo's paraphilia?
A. Transvestic disorder B. Pedophilic disorder C. Frotteuristic disorder D. Sexual masochism disorder
Which statement provides the MOST persuasive argument against a psychodynamic explanation for dissociative identity disorder?
Psychodynamic therapists do not even attempt to treat the disorder. The creation of subpersonalities is a conscious event. Repression can occur either as a single major event or over a lifetime. Most abused children do not develop the disorder.