What are important considerations when choosing a research sample?
What will be an ideal response?
• Sample size
• The type of participant (e.g. student v. professional)
• Sampling method (random, convenience, convenience with random assignment)
• Inducements to participate
• The use of informed consent
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a. accommodating c. comparing b. assimilating d. categorizing
Briefly describe and give examples of the following types of aggression: instrumental, hostile, reactive, and relational
What will be an ideal response?
Schizophrenia can be treated using drugs that block the effect of dopamine in the brain. Because dopamine is also involved in other conditions, too much of these schizophrenia-treating drugs can result in symptoms similar to what condition?
A. Alzheimer's B. Stroke C. Bipolar disorder D. Parkinson's
Research with nonhuman subjects suggests that sensitization to the psychosis-mimicking effects of cocaine is most likely to occur with
a. intermittent exposure to high doses of cocaine b. intermittent exposure to sub-threshold doses of cocaine c. fairly continuous exposure to moderate doses cocaine d. both a and c