Chapter 9 begins with an example regarding the TV show American Idol. A comparison was made between the format of the TV show and a research experiment. Specifically, the judges on the TV show were compared to the _________ in an experiment

According to the text, President Clinton's social policy was shaped by

A. his unswerving commitment to the programs of the Great Society and of the New Deal. B. the need to reduce the federal deficit and a conservative definition of the welfare problem. C. the need to gain the support of black and Latino voters. D. the Democratic Party's hope to regain the support of white voters in the South. E. the need for the Democratic Party to gain the support of women voters.

Rosenhan investigated the experiences of psychiatric patients in mental hospitals by

A) Asking patients to describe their experiences. B) Unobtrusively observing the behavior of patients on psychiatric hospital wards. C) Asking normal people to admit themselves to mental hospitals by feigning symptoms. D) Asking psychiatrists to describe the environment of a typical mental hospital.