Jiao was a participant in an observational study, and reactivity occurred. Technically, this means:
a. the researchers reacted to the results of the study before the study was completed
b. her behavior was changed by the process of being observed
c. there was a strong public response to publication of the research study
d. the researchers purposely manipulated the behavior of the research participants
B
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It has been said that not all deviant behavior is maladaptive, but all maladaptive behavior is deviant. Discuss this idea, based on what you've learned about the definition and criteria of abnormal behavior
What will be an ideal response?
Joshua is a rehabilitation counselor whose job is to help people with disabilities become employed in anappropriate occupation. Joshua is concerned that there has been an increase in the number of people feigning physical injuries in order to receive government disability payments. What concept best identifies Joshua's concern?
a. factitious disorder c. moral anxiety b. malingering d. collaborative empiricism
This scale of measurement gives the researcher an idea about the relative strength of a concept rather than of its absolute strength
a. ordinal c. ratio b. interval d. ipsative
The set of all possible samples of a given size (n) from a population is called the _____ of the mean
a. probability set c. sampling distribution b. confidence interval d. normal sample