Einon Et Al

question 88

Multiple Choice

Einon et al.(1994) found that men report having a much larger number of sexual partners than do women.According to your textbook,what is one possible reason for this discrepancy?

• A) It was not a representative sample.
• B) observer bias
• C) social desirability bias
• D) none of the above

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Definitions:

Social-cognitists

Theorists who emphasize the role of cognitive processes in understanding social behavior, focusing on how people perceive, interpret, and respond to their social environments.

Projective Test

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Spurious

The relationship between an independent variable and a dependent variable is said to be spurious when a control variable causes change in both the independent and dependent variables.

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