A Researcher Compared the Recidivism Rates of Drug Abusers That

question 71

Multiple Choice

A researcher compared the recidivism rates of drug abusers that were given probation with those that were sentenced to prison and discovered that the recidivism rates were highest for those given prison.What potential error is reflected by this conclusion?

• A) internal validity
• B) statistical conclusion validity
• C) construct validity
• D) external validity

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Definitions:

CS

Stands for "Conditioned Stimulus," which is a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Intero-Exteroceptive Conditioning

a form of conditioning that involves the learning process of associating internal physiological states with external stimuli.

UCS

Unconditioned Stimulus; in Pavlovian conditioning, it is a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior learning.

CS

In psychological contexts, an abbreviation for "conditioned stimulus," a component of classical conditioning referring to a previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.