Servio Is Particularly Interested in How Families React to an Initial

question 10

Multiple Choice

Servio is particularly interested in how families react to an initial learning disability diagnosis. Unfortunately he needs more participants than there are actual new diagnoses in his school. Therefore, in the design of his study he proposes to tell parents that their children have been tested and diagnosed as learning disabled and will conduct an interview with the parents to get their initial reactions. However, the children will not have been diagnosed. His advisor tells him that he cannot conduct the study. Of the following what is the likely reason why.

• A) The study is too broad.
• B) The study is not ethical.
• C) The study is not relevant.
• D) The study is too narrow.

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Definitions:

Ionic Balance

The state of equilibrium in the body or a system where the total positive electric charges are equal to the total negative charges, important in maintaining cellular function.

Threshold of Excitation

The minimum level of stimulus intensity required to activate a neuron and generate an action potential.

Electric Current

The flow of electric charge through a conductor.

Absolute Refractory

A period immediately following the transmission of an impulse in nerve or muscle in which a neuron or muscle cell cannot respond to any additional stimulus.