Suppose that you are planning to conduct a study to look at the effect of pet ownership on empathy, but that you cannot find any good measures of empathy (all of the measures that you find seem to fall short of your understanding of what empathy is, or to miss the mark completely). Unless you can find a measure that you are satisfied with, your research may end up being low in ____

About one-third of marriages worldwide are arranged

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Michelle constantly tells her boyfriend Niccolai that he

doesn't pay attention to her, and that this is why she tends to nag him to pay attention. Her repeated criticisms cause Niccolai to tune her out, which causes her to nag him even more. This bidirectional pattern of influence is what Albert Bandura would have called A) reciprocal determinism. Correct. Reciprocal determinism suggests that various behaviors affect each other mutually, at the same time. B) scientific skepticism. C) the premise of Occam's razor. Incorrect. Occam's razor suggests that the simplest explanation for a phenomenon is usually the most accurate explanation. It is not related to this question. D) cyclical impingement.