If a researcher runs an ad in a paper in order to recruit subjects, and places the first 10 people who call in one group and the next 10 people who call in another group, what sort of threat to internal validity has been introduced?

a. Mortality
b. Experimenter bias
c. Selection bias
d. Regression effect


c

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At what age in fetal development would you expect to first hear the fetal heartbeat?

a. 8 months b. 6 months c. 3 months d. 4 weeks

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The human brain consists of four hemispheres

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The first edition of the DSM contained only three broad categories that are:

A. psychoses, neuroses, and character disorders. B. internalizing, externalizing, and mediating disorders. C. primary, secondary, and tertiary disorders. D. Freudian, Jungian, and undifferentiated disorders.

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