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mynx

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In experiment brief 10, how could the researcher design his study differently in order to avoid certain problematic aspects, which are apparent within the original experimental design?
 
  A) could have used all psychotic patients, assessing who had psychotic parents
  and who did not
  B) could have surveyed a sample of normal and a sample of psychotic
  parents, to compare prevalence of psychosis for the children of each group
  C) could have studied a sample of inpatients in a psychiatric facility, in order to
  assess psychosis in a controlled setting
  D) could have surveyed a sample of hospitalized mentally ill patients who were
  recently released to assess prevalence of childhood psychosis

Question 2

In experiment brief 13, what might be a problem with the severity of the school officials' reaction to the results of the study?
 
  A) they only focused on one aspect of the results of the survey, failing to also
  attribute child smoking behaviors to the potential influence of environmental
  parental smoking behaviors
  B) they only focused on parental smoking behaviors, forgetting the potential
  influence that candy cigarettes have on child smoking behaviors
  C) they attributed the results of the study, as misinterpreted by the media, to
  indicate that candy cigarettes are a causal factor in the decreased prevalence of
  child smoking behaviors
  D) they never assessed the addictiveness of candy cigarettes compared to
  cigarettes containing tobacco



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gcook

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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

A




mynx

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Excellent


bbburns21

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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