A researcher asks students to record in a journal the emotions they experience every hour. She finds that over time, the descriptions become shorter and less detailed. What may be responsible for this change in performance? A. selection bias
B. cohort effect
C. instrument decay
D. regression toward the mean

What are the three criteria necessary to qualify for special education services under the individuals with disabilities education act category of intellectual disabilities? an intellectual functioning of 70 or more on a standardized iq test significant difficulty with tasks of everyday living (adaptive behavior) subaverage intellectual function (2 or more sd below the mean on a standardized iq test) impaired intellectual performance due to a traumatic brain injury deficits in intellectual functioning occur during the developmental period to distinguish id from other disabilities

Adefendant visited her doctor to seek treatment for a bullet wound. while he was treating the wound, the doctor asked the defendant how she was shot. the defendant replied that she was struck by a police officer’s bullet while running away from a jewelry store she had robbed, but she implored the doctor not to tell this to anyone. the doctor promised that he would not. although the defendant was never charged by the police, the owner of the jewelry store brought suit against her seeking the value of the stolen goods. the defendant denied robbing the store. at the trial, the owner calls the doctor to testify to the statement made to him by the defendant. the defense attorney objects on the ground that such testimony is barred by the jurisdiction’s physician-patient privilege. should the objection be sustained?

John locke, an enlightenment-era philosopher, influenced the american movement for independence. locke believed that all people were entitled to natural rights. which quotation from the preamble to the declaration of independence refers to natural rights?