Which of the Following Terms Meets the Following Definition: a Voluntary

question 22

Multiple Choice

Which of the following terms meets the following definition: a voluntary and informed act in which one party gives permission to another party to "touch"?

• A) advance directive
• B) battery
• C) consent
• D) time-out

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Definitions:

Experimental Manipulation

The deliberate alteration of the independent variable in an experiment in order to learn about its effects on the dependent variable.

Control Groups

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the treatment being tested and is used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects respond.

Population

The whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region.

Sample

The subset of the population that the investigator studies in order to learn about the population at large.