Who did developmental researchers focus on studying because they assumed that the processes of development were universal?
a. Mexicans
b. Europeans
c. Canadians
d. Americans
D
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____________ is the multidisciplinary study of aging
What discipline is this?
Dr. Quillen treats a chronic smoker by first recording the number of cigarettes smoked daily, then offering monetary rewards for each day that one fewer cigarette is smoked. Because the client's own behavior serves as a control, this kind of study is called a(n) ____
a. analogue study b. single-participant experiment c. correlational study d. case study
In order to get a job at a convenience store, you had to take a lie-detector test. You were asked a series of questions and you answered truthfully that you had never stolen from your employer or lied during an interview. Unfortunately, you were not hired, because measurements recorded during these questions indicated that you were lying. What is the most likely explanation for this?
A. The test revealed that you have a personality disorder. B. The machine was faulty, and thus misread your heart rate and galvanic skin response during only these questions. C. You may have been afraid of being accused of dishonest behavior that you never committed. D. Polygraphs are almost always accurate, so you must have lied about something.
Your professor nods his head up and down while praising you for a correct answer. What category does this action fall into?
a) emblems b) adaptors c) regulators d) illustrators