Ethical standards in psychological research are tentative because:
a. the APA cannot agree on what they should be
b. they are intended to be flexible
c. they change with the times
d. the APA knows that outsiders may not agree
c
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a. evolve over generations. b. facilitate memory accuracy and conserve cognitive energy. c. can be controlled. d. distort social perception and memory.
A person who paints a foul-tasting polish on their fingernails is using ________ therapy to quit nail-biting
a. counterconditioning b. contingency management c. aversion d. participant modeling e. token economy
Using a sample of young adolescents, Dr. Nguyen finds a correlation of .55 between scores on a measure of neglectful or uninvolved parenting and scores on a measure of delinquent behavior. Based on this correlation alone, Dr. Nguyen can legitimately conclude that
a. the two variables are unrelated b. low SES is associated with both uninvolved parenting and the juvenile delinquency of the children c. uninvolved parenting causes delinquency in the children d. parenting that is more uninvolved is related to a higher degree of delinquent behavior in the children
Lionel, a 15-year-old boy, likes to use sarcastic humor. This is an example of his __________.
A. preoperational thinking B. concrete thinking C. metacognition D. resilience