What Issue Did the Federal Government Try to Address by Funding

question 50

Multiple Choice

What issue did the federal government try to address by funding medical school construction and increasing research funding for medical schools through the National Institutes of Health?

• A) The perception by many that physician supply was inadequate
• B) A shortage of qualified nurses
• C) The perception by many that the quality of U.S. health care was inadequate
• D) None of the above

Understand the theory of internal and external validity in relation to experimental designs and the concepts of confounding variables and experimenter expectancies.

Identify and apply different methods for defining and measuring variables in psychological research.

Describe and critically appraise the methods, benefits, and limitations of descriptive research strategies (case studies, naturalistic observations, survey research).

Recognize the significance of reliability, simplicity, and the law of parsimony in scientific research.

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Definitions:

Fulfilling Social Roles

The process of meeting the expected patterns of behavior associated with an individual's position in a social structure.

An Ideal

A concept or standard of perfection or excellence toward which efforts are directed as a goal to achieve.

A Community

A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common, or the sense of fellowship that arises from sharing common attitudes, interests, or goals.

Empirically Derived

Based on observations or experiences rather than theory or pure logic. Data or conclusions are drawn from experiments or systematic observations.