Reactivity is a research problem because when it occurs,
A. observers may record only the observations that are consistent with their expectations.
B. people's behavior may not represent their typical behavior.
C. relevant information may be lost from archival records.
D. there will be a spurious relationship between variables
B. people's behavior may not represent their typical behavior.
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a. start out marginal and then escalate to psychosis. b. are less apparent if the person isn't upset. c. are quite unpredictable and seldom repeat. d. fluctuate over hours and days.
The slowest-to-mature brain lobe is the:
A) striate cortex. B) parietal cortex. C) frontal cortex. D) temporal cortex.
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A) hindsight bias. B) the representativeness heuristic. C) base-rate decision making. D) the sunk-cost fallacy.
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