An Example of Successful Advocacy by the Occupational and Physical

question 3

Multiple Choice

An example of successful advocacy by the occupational and physical therapy professional associations to influence federal policy is:

• A)Elimination of the need for a physician referral for services
• B)Expansion of scope of practice for these two professions
• C)Reduction in educational standards for therapy assistants
• D)Moratorium on therapy caps in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997

Identify key concepts related to research design and methodology in psychology.

Understand the application and importance of operational definitions in research.

Appreciate the principle of parsimony and its role in selecting theories.

Recognize the influence of hindsight reasoning on the validation of psychological theories and research.

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Definitions:

Genes

Units of heredity made up of DNA, located in chromosomes, that determine specific characteristics by coding for proteins.

Traits

Characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors that are relatively stable over time and across situations.

Heredity

The transmission of genetic characteristics from parents to offspring through their genes.

Bone Growth

The process by which bones increase in size, which occurs through both the development and hardening of cartilage into bone (ossification) and the addition of bone tissue.