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According to your lessons, truth that comes from personal experience or lived experience can be considered what?

Dr. Roberts is interested in studying health outcomes in families. In his study, he focuses on how sub-systems within the family allow him to understand the day-to-day processes of family dynamics. His theoretical perspective is most likely to be

A researcher finds a correlation in their data between being older and an increased love for the color red. According to your lesson, this is likely what?

Dave always tries to take his kids to a movie on Christmas Eve. They make sure they do this every single year. When Dave’s children are grown they carry on the practice in their family. This event is likely a what?

According to your lessons, when we conform our behavior based on cultural norms to “fit in”, this is called what?

The idea of “transitions” is a key concept in which theoretical perspective?

Sara’s family has a large, extended family who get together every Thanksgiving. However, they never invite Uncle James. No one likes him and he lives an alternative lifestyle that the family does not agree with. According to your lessons, this is called what?

Our ability to understand the factors and contexts that relate to our health in terms of prevention and how to manage our health conditions is known as:

Which type of validity establishes the ability of an instrument to measure an abstract concept and the degree to which the instrument reflects the theoretical components of that concept?

The results of a study you are reading states, “Three subjects in the experimental group did not complete the last therapy session in this research study.  The data from these subjects were still analyzed with the experimental group.  What would the researchers need to do to include this data in their study?