In ____ research, different individuals at different ages or stages of development are studied at the same point in time
a. analogue
b. within group
c. cross-sectional
d. between group
c
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Suppose that a researcher wants to see which gender is most helpful, men or women. The researcher parks a car with a flat tire on a road and tallies the number of men and women who stop to help. What would be an example of one confounding variable in this study?
a. The men are more likely than women to be familiar with fixing a flat tire. b. The gender of the participants cannot be accurately determined. c. The operational definition of helping has not been specified with precision. d. The results probably depend upon the amount of traffic that passes by.
A woman has been receiving treatment for depression. The drug she has been prescribed is Fluoxtine. This means the drug will:
a. speed-up serotonin reuptake b. slow-down the reuptake of serotonin c. reduce levels of dopamine in the brain d. increase levels of dopamine in the brain
Gardner has proposed that there are of __________ types of intelligence
a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 d. 8 e. 10
Dr. Humber is a psychologist who is trying to diagnose his patient's psychological disorder. Dr. Humber knows that this might be difficult to do. Which of the following is not true about the difficulty in classifying disorders?
A. People's problems often do not fit neatly into one category. B. The DSM-5 gives general labels, such as neurosis and psychosis. C. The same symptoms often appear as part of more than one disorder. D. Diagnostic criteria can be open to judgment and interpretation.