If You Have Conducted a Study Using the Regression-Discontinuity Design

question 47

Multiple Choice

If you have conducted a study using the regression-discontinuity design, how would you tell if your treatment had an effect?

• A) by looking at the data to see if the regression line of the posttest scores differs from the regression line of pretest scores.
• B) by statistically analyzing the data using Analysis of Variance.
• C) by comparing the pretest scores with the posttest scores to see if there was a significant change.
• D) by determining if there is a discontinuity in the regression line for the people above and below the cutoff score.

Assess the concept of a "third gender" in various cultures as a challenge to binary gender classifications.

Understand the impact of socialization on gender roles and expectations.

Analyze the influence of media representation on LGBTQ+ community perceptions and social attitudes.

Examine the effects of language and stereotypes in reinforcing gender inequality.

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Definitions:

Behaviorism

A branch of psychology that focuses on observable behaviors and disregards the mental processes.

Structuralists

Early psychologists who analyzed the basic elements of thoughts and sensations to understand the structure of the mind.

Ethologists

Scientists who study animal behavior in natural environments, focusing on instinctive or innate behaviors.

Intervening Variable

A variable that mediates the relationship between a dependent variable and an independent variable.