Author Question: Some argue that much of the research on PMS is plagued by serious methodological difficulties, which ... (Read 29 times)

serike · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Some argue that much of the research on PMS is plagued by serious methodological difficulties, which include

A) retrospective studies dependent on subjects' recall.
B) selective memory of mood changes that happen during PMS.
C) women perceiving researchers as condescending and therefore are reluctant to report information about PMS.
D) all of the above

Question 2

Research on the social-psychological causes of PMS indicates that

A) negative expectations of and attitudes toward the experience of menstruation may precipitate a variety of physical and emotional symptoms.
B) negative mood changes do not appear to be related in any significant way to stressful external events.
C) debilitating symptoms associated with the menstrual cycle are psychosomatic.
D) cyclical mood swings are exclusively a female experience.