Genie was raised in a closet and isolated from social interaction. Her sad case provided scientists with an opportunity to study the effects of severe isolation on child development. This is an example of a(n) __________.
A. nature adaptation study
B. experiment of nature
C. experimental isolation
D. deprivation study
B. experiment of nature
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John wants to get ? of his money out of the bank, but he has to pay his brother ? of that. Which of the following statements shows what John would have left of the amount he took out of the bank, after paying his brother?
a. ? – ? b. ? × ? c. 1 – (? × ?) d. ? × ?
One of the biggest disadvantages of a longitudinal research design is ______, which is the loss of participants over time.
A. attrition B. self-selection bias C. experimental loss D. experimental corruption
Which of the following does not apply to divorce trends in the United States?
A. the number of divorces has declined in recent years B. one in two divorces will end in divorce after an average of seven years of marriage C. divorce is more likely to occur when individuals marry for the first time in their late twenties D. a and c only
The standard error of measurement
a) is related to validity b) provides a range that more accurately reflects how a person's score approaches their true score c) is higher when you can be more confident the score is an estimation of a true score d) is relatively unimportant to test interpretation