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Evaluating Operational Definitions Jay's Experiment Was a Disaster

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Evaluating Operational Definitions Jay's experiment was a disaster.He assigned the most attractive female subjects to the experimental condition and then lost several of them due to his shameless flirting.In contrast, he lost none of the control subjects.Jay endangered his experiment with a ____ threat.


Definitions:

Cultures

The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.

Age

The length of time that a person or organism has been alive or a thing has existed.

Gender

The range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity, including social roles, norms, and identity.

Optimistic Explanatory Style

The tendency to attribute positive events to personal, permanent, and pervasive causes, and negative events to external, temporary, and specific ones.

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