According to the text, when Malthus was making his projections on population, he failed to foresee:
a. technological advances in agriculture that have resulted in larger yields
b. the advances in medicine that prevented diseases from periodically wiping out entire nations.
c. that widespread use of contraceptives in many countries would keep the birthrate low.
d. all of the above
d
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A group of 10 subjects gathers in a laboratory to participate in an experiment. A researcher instructs the subjects to decide how to split into two groups of five. This threatens internal validity due to which of the following confounds?
a. selection b. interference c. attrition d. regression
The concept of dating has been around since the middle ages
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Receiving little encouragement and being put on a non-college track is likely to
a. produce high self-esteem in students. b. decrease academic performance. c. increase students' involvement in extracurricular activities. d. decrease the likelihood of behavioral problems in the classroom. e. decrease the likelihood of behavioral problems outside of school.
Organized religion may be a source of sexism in several ways. Which is NOT one of the ways that organized religion is a source of sexism?
a. In Judaism, women are required to obey fewer religious precepts than are men because less is expected of them. b. The Catholic Church forbids the use of birth control devices because they prevent reproduction. c. Orthodox Jewish males recite a prayer each morning in which they thank God that they are not women. d. Episcopalians, Presbyterians, and Reformed Jews do not ordain women as ministers and rabbis.