Major problem of sample

Dr. Bundy recently earned permission from the warden of a local prison to use prisoners to study the effects of the drug Zoloft on depression. He wants to be able to generalize the results obtained from the study to the general population of adults in the United States. Where is the major problem with using this sample?

Phobias are measured.

Dr. Goldman studies phobias and measures his clients' heart rates to assess the anxiety they feel while in the presence of the feared object. What is heart rate an example of? a. Hypothetical construct b. Operational definition c. Conceptual definition d. Converging operation

A temporary condition is modeled.

This job labels how you are feeling right now.

Converging operations is the focal topic.

Anthony is measuring his participants' emotional states in two different ways (self-report and galvanic skin response) in order to gain a greater confidence that he is actually measuring the emotional that he thinks he is. What is using multiple dependent measures in one study?

Hypothesis that women smile more

Louise was conducting a study to test her hypothesis that women smile more often than her male participants. Her hypothesis will probably be confirmed due to a. Social desirability b. Reactivity c. Experimentor expectancies d. Habituation I think that the answer is c. Am I on the right track?