Research Studies That Withhold Information from Participants or Intentionally Mislead

question 175

Multiple Choice

Research studies that withhold information from participants or intentionally mislead them about the purpose of the study are referred to as ____ studies.

• A) deception
• B) confederate
• C) falsification
• D) fraudulent

Understand how research findings can inform and challenge existing theories and practices in human development.

Identify the differences between objective and projective personality tests.

Understand the application and target population of various personality assessments.

Recognize the role of projective tests in identifying underlying personality constructs.

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Definitions:

Determinism

The philosophical theory that all events, including moral choices, are completely determined by previously existing causes.

Determinism

The doctrine that all events, including moral choices, are determined by previously existing causes.

Sufficient Natural Explanatory Cause(s)

A principle in philosophy and science that holds that natural phenomena have natural causes that are adequate to fully explain them, dismissing the need for supernatural explanations.

Soft Determinists

Philosophers who argue that free will and determinism are compatible, suggesting a person can act freely even if their actions are determined by preceding events or states.