Author Question: One problem with research data on sex is social desirability bias, which means there is a tendency: ... (Read 54 times)

jake · **on:** Jun 18, 2018

One problem with research data on sex is social desirability bias, which means there is a tendency:

a. for researchers to focus on socially desirable respondents.
b. for subjects to give researchers socially desirable responses.
c. to only ask questions about socially desirable behaviors.
d. for subjects to only answer questions asked by interviewers of the same sex.

Question 2

In Laura Carpenter's study of loss of virginity, she found that respondents tended to explain it in each of the following terms except:

a. virginity as an unimportant symbol.
b. virginity as a stigma.
c. virginity as a gift.
d. virginity loss as a part of growing up.