While Famines Are Usually Triggered by Severe Weather Conditions Such

question 8

Multiple Choice

While famines are usually triggered by severe weather conditions such as droughts or hurricanes, starvation that results from these natural events is often made worse by __________.

• A) unequal distribution of food aid and supplies due to local rules of social and gender stratification
• B) people not liking the taste of food aid provided by foreigners
• C) too much food aid, which discourages locals from producing food for themselves
• D) ignorance of religious observance of local diets by foreign aid agencies

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Definitions:

Counterbalancing

A method of controlling for order effects in a repeated measures design by either including all orders of treatment presentation or randomly determining the order for each subject.

Order Effects

The impact that the sequence of presenting stimuli or conditions has on the responses of subjects in an experiment.

Latin Square

A technique to control for order effects without having all possible orders.

Counterbalanced

A method used in experiments to minimize the effects of order in the presentation of stimuli by varying the sequence among participants.