Dr. Pettigrew is conducting a study on a new psychotherapy for depression through the outpatient psychological services clinic at his university. The depressed patients in his study are all moderately depressed, and the therapists are clinical psychology interns and post-doctoral fellows who have received extensive training in the new technique. The clients, who are being paid to take part, are
randomly assigned to either the treatment or control group. Overall, the study has been designed to maximize internal validity. What term is used for studies of this nature?
a. a psychotherapy efficacy study
b. a psychotherapy effectiveness study
c. a quasi-experimental treatment study
d. an analog treatment study
A
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A) They are more inhibited, due to their awareness of differences in their physical appearance compared to when they were younger. B) They are less sexually active because of cultural prohibitions against expressed sexuality among the aged. C) They are more sexually adventurous and willing to experiment. D) They are more inclined to be sexually active with more than one partner—in other words, less bound by ideas of monogamy.
The area of cognitive abilities that has more than a small or confusing gender difference
a. is spatial ability. c. is verbal ability. b. is mathematical ability. d. does not include any of these.