A confirmed smoker decides the Surgeon General's warning means that people should decrease, rather than quit, smoking. This is an example of
a. source derogation
b. distorting the message
c. blanket rejecting
d. inoculation
Answer: B
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a) The neurons fire more strongly. b) The neurons fire at a higher rate. c) The neurons fire less strongly, but in sequence. d) The neurons fire at a lower rate, but in sequence.
A method of studying developmental changes by reconstructing subjects' pasts, through interviews and investigating the effects of events that occurred in the past on current behaviors is called a ______ study
a. longitudinal c. naturalistic observation b. cross-sectional d. biographical
A researcher wanted to compare the relative effectiveness of two techniques for reducing anxiety: a drug and a relaxation exercise. The researcher gave the experimental group both the drug and the relaxation exercise. The control group was given neither the drug nor the exercise. The difference between the drug and the relaxation exercise cannot be compared in this experiment because the experiment involves a
A. redundant relationship. B. correlation. C. causal inference. D. confounding
A major limitation of ethnography is that
A) it may not reveal observations typical of the participants' everyday behavior. B) it does not reveal depth of information. C) the findings cannot be applied to individuals and settings other than the ones studied. D) the findings provide little insight into factors that affect development.