Explicit Concern with Public Policy Implications When Reporting Research Results

question 74

Multiple Choice

Explicit concern with public policy implications when reporting research results may lead to ______.

• A) distortion of our research and our interpretations of research results to correspond to our own value preferences
• B) perfectly acceptable reports
• C) acceptable research reports that push forward public policy
• D) undistorted views of future research

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Definitions:

Repression

Defense mechanism in which the ego pushes anxiety-provoking material back into the unconscious.

Unconscious

The part of the mind that is inaccessible to the conscious mind but that affects behavior and emotions.

Preconscious

According to Freud, area of the psyche that contains material from the unconscious before it reaches the conscious mind.

Collective Unconscious

According to Carl Jung, the wisdom accumulated by society over hundreds of years of human existence and stored in the memories of individuals.