Jacob, Tennenbaum, Seilhamer, Bargiel, and Sharon (1994) studied two types of families, distress and nondistressed. The researchers tape recorded interactions among family members
One concern the researchers had involved subject reactivity, which did not seem to be a problem in this study. Why did the researchers suggest there was no subject reactivity?
What will be an ideal response?
(a) families have routine ways of interaction that may be hard for them to change, so when they were being recorded, they may not have been able to reliably change those routines.
(b) the families were busy, so they may not have had the chance to figure out how to change behaviors even if they wanted to.
(c) there may have been little motivation for them to change their behaviors because they didn't have a close relationship with the researchers, so there was little reason to invest energy in changing behaviors for a set of strangers.
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A) they do not have adequate training in mathematics. B) the characteristics of the variables may not match the characteristics of the real number system. C) computers are not yet sophisticated enough to do the necessary calculations. D) they often don't think it is necessary to assign numbers to the data since the data speak for themselves.
The modern homosexual civil rights movement first received widespread national attention when
A) the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Windsor. B) President Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act. C) police raided the Stonewall Inn. D) a Kentucky government clerk refused to file a marriage certificate. E) Congress enacted a "don't ask, don't tell" policy.