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If Dr. Shioux wants to conduct research that will involve human participants at his university, he will have to submit a summary of the study to a(n) __________ before he can actually proceed. This will act as a form of protection for the participants he intends to enroll in his research.

Evolutionary psychology __________.

Marissa just finished completing her new employee questionnaire form for a job in sales. Despite being a rather shy, introverted person, Marissa checked all the areas that referred to her as a talkative and outgoing individual. She believes those extraverted characteristics are exactly what her new employer is looking for. Which concept is being illustrated?

Mary conducts research examining the efficacy of treatment of elderly persons in nursing facilities in her home state. In order for her to use this research to influence larger political policies regarding the care of the elderly on a state and federal level, she will have to generalize her findings to the larger population of elderly nursing home residents. What sort of statistics should she use to accomplish this goal?

A key factor to consider when reading about the results of a study on the Internet, in a newspaper, or in a news magazine is to

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 group of scientists is attempting to verify recent data published on the chemical composition of tears and the presence of Alzheimer’s disease. This illustrates the critical thinking principle of __________.

A researcher wants to see whether she can make the typical administrative assistant job more motivating at Acme, Inc. To experimentally investigate this possibility, she randomly assigns administrative assistants to one of the following conditions: doing the job as it has always been done, having a computer performance monitoring device installed, receiving feedback about their performance on a weekly basis, or being given a say in how one’s workload is structured and done. Which of the preceding conditions is an example of a control group?

B. F. Skinner is most associated with which perspective?

Psychologists are most frequently found working __________.