_______ is the extent to which results from a sample would likely be true of the entire population.

a. External validity
b. Internal validity
c. Random sampling
d. Generalizability


Ans: D

Psychology

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A. an interrupted time series design B. a one-group pretest-posttest design C. a nonequivalent control group posttest-only design D. a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design

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Disadvantages of the emergence of manualized therapies with empirical support include

A. strengthening of the relationship or alliance between therapist and client. B. the fact that many clients have relatively simple problems that easily fit into diagnostic categories. C. restriction of clinicians to use only empirically supported treatments. D. irrefutable criteria for determining which treatments should be identified as empirically supported.

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Sasha is an independent, self-assured, creative and socially skilled teenager starting the 10th grade in the fall semester. Sasha has many friends and is very popular at her high school

She plays hockey and loves to write poetry. According to research,Sasha's parents are most likely a.disengaged. b. permissive. c. authoritative. d. authoritarian.

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Contrast the methods used to assess brain activity.

What will be an ideal response?

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