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Mary looks nothing like her mother, but Mary's daughter grows up to look exactly like Mary's mother.In other words, grandmother and granddaughter look alike.The fact that Mary's daughter looks like her (Mary's) mother but she herself doesn't is a good example of the

A) difference between genotype and phenotype.
B) influence of environment on genes.
C) fact that we really have no idea of how genes work.
D) diathesis-stress model.

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Explain why you cannot imply a cause and effect relationship from the data of a correlational study.

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Every incremental increase in variable A is associated with an exactly equal increase in variable B.The correlation between these two variables is

The single-case experimental design

The patient uniformity myth refers to the tendency to

A child is having temper tantrums at home, at school and at his grandparents' house.After working with the parents for a while, the therapist believes that the child is being rewarded for his tantrums in each setting because his teacher, parents and grandparents generally give him what he wants just to make him stop yelling.The therapist devises a plan to stop his tantrums, but first implements the plan at home, then the following week at school and finally at the grandparents' home several weeks later.From a research perspective, this is an example of

Which of the following is NOT a component of withdrawal designs?

It has been demonstrated that the amount of time watching violent shows on TV is correlated with aggressiveness in children.However, we cannot say that watching violence on TV causes children to be aggressive because

A researcher is testing the effects of sunlight on depression.The dependent variable is_________ and the independent variable is _________________.

Adoption studies can be used to study the influence of genetic influences on psychopathology

Which of the following patterns is typical for a disorder that is influenced by genetics?

In family studies, scientists simply examine a behavioural pattern or emotional trait in the context of the family.The member with the trait singled out for study is called the

According to the APA's IRB guidelines, participants in experiments must be fully informed

Joe is suffering from a severe anxiety disorder.His psychiatrist prescribes a medication that has been found in many research studies to help reduce anxiety.Joe takes the medication, but his anxiety level does not improve at all.Since the anxiety medication did not work, Joe concludes that his psychiatrist must be wrong and he must be suffering from some other disorder.The problem with Joe's conclusion is that he is failing to consider the

Age and experience are confounded while using the cross-sectional design.This means that it cannot be determined if

The confounding of age and experience is referred to as the _______ effect.

Epidemiology is the study of

One significant limitation of the cross-sectional design is called the 'cohort effect'.This relates to the fact that

Studies that have significant confounds are said to be low in

A researcher separates participants into two groups.Group A receives an active medication and Group B receives an empty capsule that looks and feels like the real medication.Group B is the ______ group.