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Juliana is a researcher of cognitive behavioral therapy. She hypotheses that telehealth-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy is as effective as in-person cognitive behavioral therapy. Which of the following research designs would allow her to test this hypothesis?

Raven, from the example above, checked her students’ worksheets and discovered they were making several errors in their calculations. She has decided to instead track how many correct calculations her students produce across a 10-minute period. Which form of measurement is Raven now using to measure her students’ learning?

Stevie is an animal trainer working with a cat, Zoro, on developing positive feelings in response to human contact. Zoro has had very limited contact with humans up to this point. In Stevie’s intervention for Zoro, the US is a treat, the UR is pleasant feelings, the NS is a person, the CS is a person, and the CR is pleasant feelings. How would you recommend Stevie presents the US and CS?

(Extra Credit .1 – No Partial Credit) People that a person uses to compare themselves to, that help shape their specific behaviors, values, and attitudes in different social contexts are called what?

Erving Goffman believed that when we interacted with others, we provided information and cues to others to present ourselves in a favorable light while downplaying or concealing our less appealing characteristics. This was called what? 

Chip believes that society has a natural order. Men and women are supposed to act in specific ways in order to make sure that everything that society needs to get done gets done. Certain groups are more likely to succeed than others because they’re more important to the survival of society. The natural social order is best for everyone. This most closely reflects what kind of grand theoretical perspective?

The theorist who believed you should separate your personal values, opinions, ideology, and beliefs from the scientific research was:

The idea that you should be free to say what you want and not be punished by the government is most likely a:

Cultures vary in how much personal space is acceptable for a conversation, this would best be an example of a:

Which of these theorists is credited as being the founder of sociology, mainly because he came  up with the term sociology: