Select the Statement Below That Is FALSE in the Application

question 56

Multiple Choice

Select the statement below that is FALSE in the application of psychology and its principles.

• A) The rights of the individual always supersede those of society.
• B) Appropriate third parties must be informed if a patient threatens another with bodily harm.
• C) People always have the right to refuse to participate in psychological research.
• D) Confidentiality must be violated in certain circumstances.

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Definitions:

Type II Error

The error that occurs when a statistical test fails to reject a false null hypothesis, incorrectly concluding that there is no effect or difference when there is.

Null Hypothesis

A default position that there is no association between two measured phenomena or no difference among groups being compared.

Two-Tailed Test

A statistical hypothesis test in which the critical area for a distribution is two-sided and tests whether a sample is greater than or less than a certain range of values.

Sample Proportions

The fraction of items in a sample that are of a particular type.