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charchew

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Graduate programs in psychology specify that entering students should have taken a course in research methods or experimental psychology. They require such an undergraduate course
 
  a. so they can weed out weak students.
  b. because they need students to do their research for them.
  c. because they believe students should know how psychological knowledge develops.
  d. so students will have one less required course to take in graduate school.

Question 2

When contemplating the degree to which research findings can be generalized to other subjects, settings, and time periods, psychologists often abide by the __________.
 
  which assumes that the outcome of a study will often generalize widely, unless there is reason to believe otherwise.
 
   a. continuity assumption
   b. normality assumption
   c. homogeneity assumption
   d. reliability assumption



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

a



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