Madeline plans to stand outside of a BMW dealership and ask the people she sees who they think will win the 2012 presidential election. Her study will most likely suffer from which of the following methodological problems?
A) selection bias
B) history
C) maturation
D) the Hawthorne effect
A
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a. Wechsler b. KABC c. Binet d. Peabody Picture Vocabulary
What is a particular concern when using hypnosis with clients who have dissociative disorders? a. It may cause severe trauma for the client
b. It may cause severe trauma for the client. c. It may create personalities in suggestible clients. d. It may uncover too many hidden personalities, which may cause more problems for the client.
Josephine was told by her doctor that the cancer has spread throughout her body. He said that her cancer has
a. staged. c. radiography. b. metastasized. d. radial symmetry.
In one study, 18-month-olds could tell the difference between intentional and unintentional actions of another person because the infants
a. knew when adults needed help with a task. b. looked at the same things that adults looked at. c. showed empathy for adults' distress. d. initiated play with adults.