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Identify the construct in the following scenario: In a study of adolescents with schizophrenia, providing modest rewards was found to increase motivation and improve personal hygiene.
Which of the following is a procedure for measuring a variable that cannot be observed or measured directly?
_______ is a set of statements about the mechanisms underlying a behavior.
Where, in a research paper, are you most likely to find a description of the operational definition used by the investigators?
Which of the following is a disadvantage of using an operational definition?1) The operational definition may not be an accurate reflection of the construct.2) The operational definition may leave out important components of the construct.3) The operational definition may include extra components that are not part of the construct.4) All of the other options are disadvantages.
A hypothetical attribute or mechanism that helps explain and predict behavior is a:
Facebook has the highest reach in several countries (ex: the US and Australia) but does not hold the top position in the power rankings. Why?
Pragmatist philosopher, John Dewey, initiated the Progressive Education movement that would be the foundation for reform in teaching methods in the United States and Western Europe after the War. He believed that we "learn by doing" because "failure is instructive."
Dewey also thought that the continuity of experience was essential to our growth, for without it we could neither evaluate the consequences of our actions nor compare them to our own hypotheses about how our world functions. To know something is to be able to act on it, engage with it, and to translate the subjective into observations about the objective.
See One: At this stage real data emerges through observation and sense making (Emerge)Do One: At this stage ideas converge with actions, and direct feedback from experience and supervision alerts us to what is working and what isn't (Converge)Teach One:
Ornithologists report that New Caledonian crows fashion twigs into tools for collecting and extracting insects from the hollows of trees.What is more remarkable is that these birds pass their inventions along to others in the flock.With each succeeding migration and generation, improvements are made and progress becomes discernible.
For example, a medical student may be brilliant but typically possesses no direct experience when treating a patient. So, after two years of intensive study, they are assigned to shadow a physician on their daily rounds. Assuming the physician and the student's professors deem them to be competent and able, they are advanced to the level of physician. Here they will spend the next two to five years in residency working appalling hours while plying their trade beneath critical eyes. From this point on the road narrows as some will advance to attending physician or department head where they will have responsibilities in the training of residents and medical students.
Just as the guru tutors the novitiate so does the goldsmith his apprentice.The same is true for officers and engineers and in all fields where the mastery of craft is a matter of certification.The greater enlightens the lesser.
Point d'articulation (rapprochement articulateurs)
Activation unités phonologiques en mémoire
Mode d'articulation (façon air s'écoule long du chenal respiratoire)
Some studies of meditation use a "waitlist control group." The experimental group attends a meditation workshop or retreat, whereas the control group spends an equivalent amount of time on a waitlist instead of participating to see if any measured changes might merely be due to the passage of time. Participants are randomly assigned to one group or the other. Identify the shortcomings of this experimental design.
Which of the following things happen when people sleep?
Richie is a young child. Recently, his parents have found him walking around the house at night, screaming and very afraid. When they try to console him, he does not appear to recognize them, and instead wanders away as if confused and disoriented. Eventually, he curls up and sleeps for the rest of the night. In the morning, Richie generally has no memory of the episode. Which of the following sleep disorders is Richie displaying?
Jayant is unable to sleep on planes. Unfortunately, this means that a set of connecting flights he has booked will keep him awake for more than 24 hours. Which of the following effects should he expect to experience?