The more artificial the situation set up in a research study, the lower the ______ because the behaviors observed might also be artificial.
A. external validity
B. internal validity
C. construct validity
D. external veracity
Answer: A
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A. Over 70 percent of veterans suffered from either PTSD or substance abuse after the war. B. Many women developed psychiatric conditions when they were left to raise families and make a living on their own. C. Two out of seven potential military recruits were rejected for psychiatric reasons. D. The military was unable to provide adequate mental health services to men in the field.
Head trauma, encephalitis, and streptococcal infections are among the environmental risk factors for _________ disorder
a. obsessive compulsive b. bipolar c. panic d. posttraumatic stress
The function of a receptor is to ______.
A. convert neural impulses into energy B. interpret stimuli from the environment C. screen out irrelevant information from the environment D. convert energy into a neural impulse
Child abuse is more likely
A) in affluent households than households in poverty. B) against one's own offspring in comparison to stepchildren. C) in two-parent households than one-parent households. D) when there is a history of violence against spouses.