When the Response Rate Is Low, You Must Be Careful

question 10

Multiple Choice

When the response rate is low, you must be careful to avoid which of the following?

• A)forgetting about evaluation altogether
• B)over generalizing the results from a small sample
• C)determining that your program is achieving its results
• D)b and c
• E)none of the above

Explain the mechanisms of persuasion including the foot-in-the-door technique.

Grasp the concepts of social facilitation and how it affects performance.

Understand the formation and impact of attitudes on behavior.

Understand the influence of first impressions and early experiences on social perception and attitudes (e.g., primacy effect).

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Definitions:

Spear-Like Organ

An anatomical feature resembling a spear, often used in the context of certain animals for hunting, defense, or feeding.

Sexual Arms Race

The evolutionary battle between males and females of a species, where one sex evolves a feature for reproductive advantage and the other sex evolves countermeasures.

Selection Pressure

Environmental or social forces that influence the survival and reproductive success of an organism, driving evolutionary changes.

Fitness Benefits

Advantages conferred by certain traits or behaviors that increase an individual's reproductive success and survival, thereby contributing to the trait's prevalence in the population.