Research has indicated that employees hired due to affirmative action programs are perceived by coworkers as:
a. lucky
b. more competent
c. equally competent
d. less competent
d
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The tripartite model, a theory related to the measurement of psychotherapy outcome, was created by _____.
A. Hans Eysenck B. Hans Strupp C. Dianne Chambless D. Bruce Wampold
Children who play video games have lower spatial abilities.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
All of the following statements about the etiology of psychological disorders are true
except: a. By themselves, most circumstances that affect the development of a psychological disorder have only limited influence. b. Many behavioral and emotional difficulties have their origins in a complex interplay of factors, which includes both factors within an individual as well as factors in the individual's environment. c. The same experience may have different psychological ramifications depending upon the timing of its occurrence. d. Most psychological disorders of childhood are the expression of an underlying biological abnormality that finds its expression in abnormal behavioral and emotional functioning. e. Although a factor may "cause" a psychological disorder at a particular point in a child's development, this does not necessarily imply that this same factor will continue to "cause" the same disorder throughout that individual's lifetime.
Which research method would be most useful in generating hypotheses about the cause of a newly discovered, rare form of abnormality?
a) case study b) correlational method c) experimental design d) single-subject ABAB design