Dr Fletcher Is Interested in Whether Joining a Fraternity/sorority Causes

question 38

Multiple Choice

Dr. Fletcher is interested in whether joining a fraternity/sorority causes people to become more concerned about their attractiveness and appearance. He recruits a group of 55 freshmen (25 males, 30 females) who are planning to go through fraternity/sorority recruitment on his campus. After they join, he gives them a measure of attractiveness concern/appearance concern (the Body Concern Scale) .
In addition to measuring the group of participants who joined a fraternity/sorority, Dr. Fletcher decides to give the same measure to another group of 55 participants who decided to not join a fraternity/sorority. Doing this would help Dr. Fletcher address all of the following threats to internal validity EXCEPT:

• A)Experimenter bias
• B)Maturation
• C)Selection
• D)History

Recognize the signs and characteristics of potentially violent employees and strategies for mitigating such risks.

Understand the ecological perspective and its significance in community psychology.

Recognize the effectiveness and impact of online support groups and social networks on individuals and communities.

Identify the theoretical underpinnings of community psychology including the rejection of positivism.

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Definitions:

Institutions

Established organizations or systems of rules and norms that structure societal interactions, such as legal systems, education, and economic markets.

Information Revolution

The recent social revolution made possible by the development of the microchip in the 1970s, which brought about vast improvements in the ability to manage information.

Postmodern

A movement or perspective characterized by skepticism towards grand narratives and ideologies, emphasizing relative truths and cultural pluralism.

Cultural Leveling

The process whereby distinct cultural differences among societies or groups become less distinct, leading to a more homogeneous global culture.