When Researchers Are Trying to Access a Group That Is

question 24

True/False

When researchers are trying to access a group that is insular or difficult to reach,such as sex workers or drug addicts,they often use a convenience sample.

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Definitions:

Content Effects

The impact that the subject matter has on the processing and outcome of cognitive tasks.

Formal Reasoning

Reasoning about problems with explicit premises, finite solutions, and well-defined operations.

Americans

Residents or citizens of the United States, often referring to their culture, society, or characteristics.

Situated Cognition

A belief that one’s culture and one’s everyday surroundings and tasks set both boundaries and possibilities for the cognitive tasks that are practiced, and therefore strengthened, during the normal course of daily living.