In a Study by Paul and Lentz Designed to Assess

question 20

Multiple Choice

In a study by Paul and Lentz designed to assess the effectiveness of different approaches to the treatment of chronically hospitalized patients, what treatment approach was found to yield the best results?

• A) Milieu therapy
• B) Social learning
• C) Traditional mental hospital treatments
• D) Psychotherapy alone

Understand the concept of threats to internal validity and identify examples such as differential regression, compensatory equalization, and unreliable treatment implementation.

Comprehend the definition and implications of instrumentation in research studies.

Recognize threats to statistical conclusion validity including range restriction and understand how these threats affect the validity of research conclusions.

Identify and explain different aspects of construct validity, including construct underrepresentation and mono-operation bias.

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Definitions:

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A package of five bills passed in the United States in 1850 aimed at defusing political confrontations between slave and free states regarding territories acquired in the Mexican-American War.

Popular Sovereignty

The principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives.

Fugitive Slave Law

Legislation passed in the United States that required the capture and return of runaway slaves.

Sectional Controversy

Disputes and divisions in the United States, particularly between the North and South, over issues like slavery, tariffs, and states' rights, which ultimately led to the Civil War.