Claire is doing a study on divorced people and their happiness. She
believes that reality therapy will help them to "move on" with their
lives. She decides to do a pretest/posttest design in order to see if the
therapy helped.
During the group several of the members started
dating. At the end of the group the results were astounding and Claire
was excited that her hypothesis had proven correct. This is an issue
because it violates:
A. Researcher bias
B. Testing Effects
C. History, a threat to internal validity
D. History, a threat to external validity
C
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Cognitive dissonance is an extremely useful tool in social thinking because
a. it comforts those who control the contrived reality in which we live today. b. it forces people to confront the difference between what we are told should exist and what is permitted to exist. c. it allows people to reconcile the difference between what we are told should exist and what is permitted to exist. d. it allows people to evade the difference between what we are told should exist and what is permitted to exist
Which of the following are not considered direct participants in implementing organizations?
A) Consumers. B) Firing-line staff. C) Members of the legislature. D) High-authority figures.
The _____ zone, which ranges from approximately four to twelve feet, is the distance at which coworkers usually converse.
A. public B. intimate C. personal D. social
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Preparation is the key to making a persuasive case.