Catherine, a researcher, wants to study child behavior with age, sex, and mental stability as constant variables. She uses their level of activity as an independent variable for her study. In this scenario, Catherine is trying to establish

A. construct validity.
B. an ex post facto design.
C. internal validity.
D. experimental control.


Answer: D

Psychology

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a. be extrinsically motivated. b. have an emotionally disturbed personality. c. have a reflective cognitive style. d. have a legislative cognitive style.

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A) phonetic decomposition B) whole word recognition C) surface salience D) the representativeness heuristic

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Secondary appraisal involves classifying the stressor as a threat or challenge

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Psychology