Mrs. Hung believes that her daughter Yuri is very competent at math. Mrs. Hopper believes that her daughter Shayla lacks competence at math. Which of the following statements about Yuri and Shayla is probably true?
A) Neither Yuri nor Shayla will perceive herself as competent at math.
B) Shayla will work harder than Yuri to improve her math performance.
C) Yuri is more likely than Shayla to choose a physical science career.
D) Shayla is more likely than Yuri to choose a physical science career.
C
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a) Moderate temperament b) Medium temperament c) Slow-to-warm-up temperament d) Difficult temperament
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Researchers conducting an epidemiological study are concerned about the influence of social desirability factors. In other words, the researchers are concerned that
a. the editors of the journal where they hope to publish their results are biased toward "feel-good" articles. b. they will be unable to communicate their hypotheses to participants. c. participants will tend to withhold embarrassing information and report information that places them in a favorable light. d. they will not be able to sample as many segments of society as they would like.
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a. using a double-blind experiment. b. making all conditions except the independent variable exactly the same for all subjects. c. using repeated measures. d. observing and recording the impact of each variable on each subject in the experiment.