Hartshorne and May's large-scale project applied this methodology to study children's moral behavior:
a. tempting children to lie/cheat/steal in various situations.
b. surveying parents on their children's moral actions.
c. interviewing children on their past moral behavior.
d. compiling police data on juvenile delinquency.
A
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a. self-fulfilling prophecy. b. culturally biased testing. c. lack of standardization. d. an unreliable intelligence test. e. mainstreaming.
Michael is experiencing a number of thoughts that are making it difficult for him to stay focused on his work, although he is still able to accomplish the tasks he is assigned to complete. He may be classified as having a mental disorder on the basis of his
a. behavioral symptoms that are causing distress in his coworkers. b. feelings of rejection. c. distress caused by his cognitive symptoms. d. inability to stay focused on a task.
A researcher decides to use only male participants in an experiment comparing two treatment conditions. For this study, what method is being used to control participant gender?
a. randomization b. matching c. holding constant d. limiting the range
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a. detect high-pitched sounds b. localize sounds accurately c. detect low-pitched sounds d. separate speech from background noise