What is the name of the process of posing and answering questions using careful, controlled techniques that include systematic, orderly observation and the collection of data?
a) theories
b) hypotheses
c) scientific method
d) research
c
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The rationale behind deinstitutionalization was __________.
A. the belief that physicians could better medicate and give physical treatment to patients in their own homes B. the concern that the mentally ill were taking escapist refuge in mental hospitals and developing a permanent and chronic dependence on the psychiatric community C. the belief that most mental patients were faking it and would cease to do so if they were not "rewarded" by being allowed to stay in a hospital D. the concern that mental hospitals were such unpleasant places that, for mental patients, living on their own could only be better
Attachment can be used as a measure of the
a. SES of the parents. b. attachment classifications of siblings. c. IQ scores of the parents. d. quality of care the child receives.
Maria participates in an experiment where the experimenter shows her two identical balls of clay and watches as she rolls one ball of clay into a long hot-dog shape and leaves the other ball of clay in the original roundball. Maria is then asked which piece has more clay. Maria is 9 years of age and knows that the two shapes contain the same amount of clay. What principle does Maria understand?
A. object typing B. object constancy C. object identity D. object reversibility
When we walk away from a person who has insulted us, we have used a self-control technique called:
a. physical restraints b. positive reinforcement c. physical aids d. extinction