Your research project involves identifying why women choose to join a sorority, so you choose a sample of 40 undergraduate female students. This represents selection due to
A) availability
B) finances
C) type of research project
D) precedent
C
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According to the textbook, which of the following groups has the highest incidence of ADHD?
A. Asian-American girls B. Hispanic-American boys C. Native-American boys D. African-American boys
Regarding cognitive therapies, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Cognitive therapy techniques are based on the view that distorted ways of thinking underlie emotional problems. b. Cognitive therapies are relatively brief forms of treatment. c. Cognitive therapies focus more on what is happening in the present than on what happened in the past. d. Clients are given "homework assignments" in cognitive therapy. e. Cognitive therapists believe that emotional problems are caused by negative events and life experiences.
In his study of transcendental meditation, Benson found that meditation leads to
a. spiritual awakening. c. a relaxation response. b. expanded consciousness. d. more intense hypnagogic states.
Paulo is a freshman at college, and the first weekend he is there he and his friends go to the fraternities to unwind, relax, and party. Having had very little exposure to alcohol in his high school years,
Paolo gets very tipsy after one beer, and very drunk after two. Three years later, when Paulo is a senior who is president of his fraternity, he brags that he can drink a 12-pack of beer and barely feel a thing. Instead of bragging about this ability, Paolo should be concerned that he is demonstrating drug __________ to alcohol. a. addiction b. tolerance c. dependence d. withdrawal