During her performance appraisal meeting, Melissa's manager appreciated that she was being proactive. However, she was also advised to improve her interpersonal skills. The negative part of the appraisal was threatening to Melissa's self-esteem. Therefore, she chose to hear and retain only the good part. When her colleagues asked her about her performance, she stated that it was great and everything went well. This is an example of
A. distancing.
B. filtering.
C. behavior modification.
D. cognitive dissonance.

Doctors recommend that both men and women take an aspirin every day to prevent heart attacks. however, the sample in the research study only contained men. the problem with doctors making this aspirin recommendation reflects a bias.

For each of the following, mark whether it is a possible confounder (a factor that mixes up the results, making it look like candy is to blame when it's a causal (or causation) link which supports the argument that candy causes criminal behavior (ie, explains how candy leads to criminality ), or neither (an irrelevant factor, something that may cause people to become criminals but has nothing to do with eating candy). choose your answers based only< on the information given. additives in candy- additives found in candy may adversely affect brain development of young children in ways that could contribute towards adult aggression. impulsive personality-- kids who are highly impulsive and have trouble delaying gratification are more likely to eat candy every day as children and more likely to disobey laws as adults. violent abuse-- children who suffer violent abuse are more likely to become violent adults and commit violent crimes. gender- boys are overwhelmingly more likely to commit violent crimes

Which of the following is a law making body that governs england