Which of the Following Hypotheses Fails to Meet the Criteria

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following hypotheses fails to meet the criteria of testability?

• A) Proper hand washing prevents the spread of infection.
• B) A consistent routine of low-impact aerobic exercising will increase coordination among older adults.
• C) Patients who use guided imagery during MRI procedures will have reduced perceptions of emotional distress compared with patients who do not use guided imagery.
• D) Postoperative patients who receive round-the-clock scheduled analgesics will have lower levels of pain compared with postoperative patients who receive analgesics on a PRN schedule.

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Definitions:

Primacy Effect

The tendency to recall the first items in a sequence more readily than the middle items.

Overall Impression

The sum of thoughts, feelings, or attitudes someone forms about an entity (person, place, or thing) based on comprehensive or general observation.

Self-Serving Bias

The tendency to attribute one’s successes to dispositional causes and one’s failures to situational causes.

Dispositional Attribution

Attributing a behavior to some internal cause, such as a personal trait, motive, or attitude; an internal attribution.