When there is a large amount of control by the researcher, there should be less control and a more natural measurement of the variables of interest. This is referred to as having ______.
A. external validity
B. internal validity
C. content validity
D. construct validity
Ans: A
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a. Examining behavioral changes as a result of head trauma is documented by the Egyptians 5,000 years ago. b. The Romans were the first to associate regional head traumas with corresponding specific behavioral changes. c. World War I prompted significant increases in screening and diagnostic measures for behavioral changes as of a result of head injuries. d. MRI brain imaging and other medical techniques assisted in the development and improvement of modern neuropsychological assessment. e. All of these are true.
mily lives with her grandmother and has taken her checks and signed them over to herself. She also has been so exhausted by caring for her grandmother’s intensive physical needs and memory loss that she finds herself screaming at her every evening when her grandmother is particularly restless. This is an example of
a. Physical and emotional abuse b. Emotional abuse and financial neglect c. Financial abuse d. Emotional abuse and financial abuse
Which of the following is true of descriptive studies?
a. Manipulation of the independent variable is the core element of true descriptive studies. b. The utility of descriptive studies is directly dependent on the quality of the instruments or assessments used to describe a phenomenon. c. In these studies,a researcher neither actively forms groups or conditions through random or nonrandom assignment, nor activelymanipulates an independent variable. d. Descriptive studies can confirm causal connections among the variables in consideration.
One of the reasons that Framo recommended both a male and female counselor be present for family of origin sessions is that “there are some things that women go through that only men can understand, and some things men go through that only women can understand.”
a. true b. false