A researcher determines the amount of sleep for each child by interviewing the children's parents. Then the researcher watches the children in the classroom to obtain measurements of their level of attention. The researcher hopes to demonstrate that amount of sleep is related to attention level. This researcher is using a ____ research strategy
a. descriptive
b. correlational
c. experimental
d. scientific
b
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What was one method researchers used to present a word so that people would be conscious of it on some trials and not others?
a. They sometimes presented the word to people who were in a coma. b. They sometimes hypnotized people and told them not to see the word. c. They sometimes made the word too small and blurry to see. d. They sometimes presented a masking pattern after the word.
Disgust as a facial expression is displayed differently throughout the world.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
According to the diathesis-stress model, a psychological disorder such as depression might be caused by stress interacting with which of the following??
a. ?events over the life course b. ?a reduction in positive reinforcement or an increase in negative outcomes c. ?an individual’s biological predisposition d. ?negative thoughts about the self, the world, and the future
Which statement is true regarding the study of the Big Five conducted by Srivastava and colleagues (2003)? a. It was an experimental study
b. It supported the notion that the Big Five are "set in plaster.". c. It was associated with several ethical concerns. d. It was a cross-sectional study.