What are the limitations of survey research in the study of sexuality?
What will be an ideal response?
Likely to contain bias or intentional misreporting (under- or over-reporting); incomplete recall; misunderstanding of survey questions; selective participation in a survey. These problems plague all survey research, but may be especially problematic when the topic is a sensitive one like sexuality.
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The ability to perform higher-order cognitive tasks such as reasoning, as well as scores on intelligence tests, has been related to the:
a. processing of memories in the auditory rather than the visual areas of the brain b. ability to bypass short-term memory c. duration of sensory memory d. ability to keep multiple things available in short-term memory
Watson allowed for some influence of genetics on personality by saying that ____ interacts with experience to produce specific behavior patterns.
a. bodily structure b. innate ideas c. intelligence d. instincts
The sleep disorder MOST associated with reports of waking up immobilized with perceptions of aliens examining your body is most associated with which sleep disorder?
A) insomnia B) sleep paralysis C) night terrors D) narcolepsy
According to Chapter 4, one common reason why research participants do not answer the question(s) that a researcher intended is:
A) the testing effects B) the inherently low reliability of many psychological responses C) that the research participants have a difficult time taking the perspective of the researcher D) that the researcher has a difficult time taking the perspective of the research participants