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Can sexual orientation be studied experimentally?

  • a. Developmentalists can use animals and manipulate the levels of prenatal hormonal exposure
  • b. A widely used experimental design to study sexual orientation is to administer a placebo to pregnant women. Women who believe to have taken a drug elevating their testosterone level, are more likely to have girls who later on show higher preference for female than male partners.
  • c. No experimental paradigms are ever possible to study sexual orientation.
  • d. Some researchers have been able to manipulate human infants’ hormonal prenatal exposure.
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A major advantage of case studies is ________.

  • a) Detailed information
  • b) Generalizability
  • c) Large sample size
  • d) Quick data collection
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A major advantage of case studies is ________.

  • a) Detailed information
  • b) Generalizability
  • c) Large sample size
  • d) Quick data collection
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Can sexual orientation be studied experimentally?

  • a. Developmentalists can use animals and manipulate the levels of prenatal hormonal exposure
  • b. A widely used experimental design to study sexual orientation is to administer a placebo to pregnant women. Women who believe to have taken a drug elevating their testosterone level, are more likely to have girls who later on show higher preference for female than male partners.
  • c. No experimental paradigms are ever possible to study sexual orientation.
  • d. Some researchers have been able to manipulate human infants’ hormonal prenatal exposure.
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