Washing your hands 100 times a day out of an irrational fear of contamination can be considered abnormal and _____
a) insane.
b) dangerous.
c) maladaptive.
d) ridiculous.
Answer: c
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If a researcher reported for a two-tailed single-sample t test that t(13) = 1.46, then:
a. p < .02. b. p < .05. c. p < .01. d. the results are not significant.
The first choice of medication for children with bipolar disorder is a ______
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Researchers select which statistical analyses are used based primarily on what?
A. which computer program they use B. the type of independent variables used C. participant characteristics D. study design
A researcher might test the influence of environment on cognitive development by taking newborn children away from their parents and assigning half of them to a rich cognitive environment and half to a deprived cognitive environment. What is wrong with this experiment?
A. There is nothing wrong with this experiment. B. There is no control group. C. The experimental method violates ethical standards. D. There is no way to control for the Hawthorne effect.