______ Can Be a Source of Bias in the Study

question 49

Multiple Choice

______ can be a source of bias in the study if the participants who drop out are different from the participants who remain.

• A) Attrition
• B) Erosion
• C) Corrosion
• D) Deterioration

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Definitions:

Medial Prefrontal Cortex

A part of the frontal lobe of the brain involved in decision-making, social behavior, and personality expression.

Operant Conditioning

Form of learning in which behaviors lead to consequences that either reinforce or punish the organism, leading to an increased or a decreased probability of a future response.

Observational Learning

Learning that occurs when a person observes the rewards and punishments of another’s behavior and then behaves in accordance with the same rewards and punishments.

Social-cognitive Learning

A theory that posits learning occurs in a social context with a dynamic and reciprocal interaction of the person, environment, and behavior.