To give research participants a verbal description of the true nature and purpose of a study after the study has occurred is called __________

a. deception
b. informed consent
c. research ethics
d. debriefing


Answer: D

Psychology

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Psychology

About how many ASL signs did Washoe learn?

A) 90 B) 160 C) 480 D) 900

Psychology

The defense mechanism of sublimation

A. Attributes unacceptable thoughts and feelings about ourselves to others B. Directs unacceptable impulses to socially constructive channels C. Finds a safe, less threatening substitute and expresses anger or other impulses to that substitute

Psychology

Müller’s Law of Specific Nerve Energies states that ____

a. what is perceived comes from the action of nerves b. the mind is aware of the physical world itself c. the mind is unaware of its own activities d. what is perceived comes from the physical objects that stimulate sense organs

Psychology