Evaluating Operational Definitions When We Are Confident That the Changes

question 53

Multiple Choice

Evaluating Operational Definitions When we are confident that the changes in behavior that we observe across the different treatment conditions of our experiment were actually caused by our independent variable, our experiment

• A)is externally valid.
• B)is internally valid.
• C)can be replicated.
• D)all of these

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Definitions:

Obsessive Thoughts

Intrusive and unwanted thoughts that repeatedly enter the mind, leading to anxiety or distress and often compelling the individual to perform certain actions.

Contamination

The presence of an unwanted substance or material that makes something impure, unsafe, or infected.

Orderliness

A personality trait characterized by a desire for neatness, predictability, and organization in one's environment and activities.

Violence

The intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation.