Dr. Francis is conducting a study in which she is examining
the impact of a new math tutoring program on elementary school students' performance in a math class. She has hypothesized that the tutoring will significantly increase the performance of students who are enrolled in this program. She has to remember not to let her expectation of an outcome influence her interpretation of the final data. In other words, she needs to defend against the _____ effect.
A) Flynn
B) nocebo
C) Rosenthal
D) Rogers
Answer: C
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Which theorist is associated with the process of operant conditioning?
A) Erik Erikson B) Jean Piaget C) Sigmund Freud D) B. F. Skinner
People who are very creative and those who are overly rigid in their conventional behavior both cause problems for the definition of
a. social nonconformity. b. statistical abnormality. c. cultural abnormality. d. subjective discomfort.