A Researcher's Decision Regarding Whether to Reject the Null Hypothesis

question 135

Multiple Choice

A researcher's decision regarding whether to reject the null hypothesis is based on:

• A) the researcher's a priori theory regarding expected group differences.
• B) independent confirmation by researchers in other laboratories.
• C) the probability that group differences would be observed if there was no effect of the independent variable.
• D) whether the results of the study have been replicated at least once.

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Definitions:

Freud

The founder of psychoanalysis, Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud, devised a method to cure psychopathologies by facilitating conversations between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Ethical Standards

Principles that govern the behavior of individuals and organizations, often serving as guidelines for moral and correct actions and decisions.

Superego

A component of Freud's psychoanalytic theory representing the internalized societal and parental standards of right and wrong.

Morality Principle

In psychoanalytic theory, a component of the superego that consists of the internalized standards of right and wrong guiding behavior.