Used Participant Observation to Study Psychiatric Diagnosis in the Context

question 17

Multiple Choice

used participant observation to study psychiatric diagnosis in the context of a psychiatric hospital by having "pseudopatients" seek admission was to

• A) establish a comparison by manipulating an independent variable to determine its effect on behavior.
• B) investigate the limits of an organism's response by varying systematically the qualities of a stimulus event.
• C) precipitate or cause an event that occurs infrequently in nature.
• D) gain access to a situation or event that is generally not open to scientific investigation.

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Labor Force Participation Rates

A measure of the active portion of an economy's labor force, indicating the percentage of people who are either working or actively looking for work.

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1950s

A decade marked by post-World War II recovery, cultural change, and significant technological progress in many countries.

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