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Design a simple descriptive/correlational study to investigate the relationship between television violence and children's aggressive behavior.

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Subjects' self-reports often indicate that they are healthier,happier,and less prejudiced than other types of evidence would suggest.The most likely explanation for this pattern is

A) experimenter bias.
B) faulty memory.
C) the social desirability bias.
D) a tendency to agree with almost every statement.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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The American Psychological Association has developed a set of ethical guidelines for research that apply to both animal and human research participants.

The principal disadvantage of the descriptive/correlational research method is

If A and B are highly correlated,which statement MOST accurately describes the relationship between A and B?

When the scores for a recent Chemistry exam were calculated,the mean was 60 and the median was 65.Later the professor discovered that one score had been recorded incorrectly; it had been entered into the computer as a 5,instead of as a 50.When this correction is made,

John dislikes completing questionnaires,so each time he fills one out he always circles the same item (such as "strongly agree" or "strongly disagree") .John's behavior reflects

An instructor wishes to find out whether a new teaching method is superior to his usual procedures,so he conducts an experiment.Everyone in his classes is quite excited about the prospect of learning under the new procedure but of course he cannot administer the new teaching method to everyone.A random half of the students receive the new method and the remaining half receive the old.What is the most obvious flaw in this experiment?

In psychology,most journal articles are reports of original empirical studies.

Following their first experiment,the authors of the Featured Study in the text conducted additional research to be sure that ____________ did not account for their initial findings.

One of your friends is writing a research paper and wants to obtain information about the depth of personal information people typically reveal during a first date.Directly observing a large number of people during a first date will be difficult,so your friend asks for your advice on the best way to collect this type of data.The best suggestion would be for your friend to use

Dr.Marqueta believes that "misery loves company." Based on this belief,Dr.Marqueta predicts that people who have received bad news will seek out other people.Dr.Marqueta's belief is an example of ____,and her prediction is an example of ____.

The single issue citizens write about most often to their congresspersons and the President is

Which of the following statements concerning experimenter bias is false?

A group of researchers wanted to investigate allegations of sexual harassment on a company's assembly line.To make their observations,the researchers took jobs working on the assembly line and pretended to be new employees.In this example,the researchers were using

To determine whether students would like more courses scheduled in the late afternoon and evening hours,the Student Services department sends questionnaires to 50 students selected at random from the 5,000 who are registered at the campus.In this instance,the 5,000 students who are registered at the campus would be

Completing an in-depth study of 100 members from a cult that committed mass suicide would be one example of ____________________ research.

A variable,other than the independent variable,that appears to have influenced the dependent variable in a study is referred to as

List and describe the six ethical principles and code of conduct for psychologists.

A scientific theory has to be