A Recent Study on Reorientation Produced Dramatic Results When Researchers

question 128

Multiple Choice

A recent study on reorientation produced dramatic results when researchers found that college students ignore obvious landmarks while reorienting in a small confined space and performing a verbal task at the same time.However, several other studies, using the same methods at different universities, have not been able to replicate this finding.Is this important?

• A) No; the exact same location and sample were not used.
• B) No; replication is a form of plagiarism.
• C) Yes; replication is the only way to ensure random sampling.
• D) Yes; it demonstrates that these results are not generalizable.

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Definitions:

Substance Use Disorder

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Maladaptive Behaviors

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Repeated Use

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Methadone

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