Your Friend Has Two Children

question 16

Multiple Choice

Your friend has two children.The youngest of them,a three-year-old boy,was recently diagnosed with ADHD.You find that odd because:

• A) ADHD rarely shows up in males.
• B) The symptoms of ADHD typically are first observed around the age of ten.
• C) In general, the youngest child in a family does not show ADHD.
• D) A diagnosis of ADHD before the age of 4 does not follow the guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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Definitions:

Counterbalancing Technique

A method used in experimental design to minimize any effects of the order in which treatments are administered by varying the sequence for participants.

Order Effects

Changes in participants' responses caused by the sequence in which stimuli or conditions are presented in an experiment.

Counterbalancing

Counterbalancing is a method used in experimental design to minimize the effects of confounding variables by varying the order of conditions for different participants.

Order Effects

The impact that the sequence of presenting stimuli or questions has on the responses or outcomes in psychological experiments.