Which of the following questions would be most appropriately answered by the correlational method?
a. What is the most effective treatment for depression?
b. Why do people tend to help in emergency situations if there are few eyewitnesses?
c. What can be done to help learning disabled students learn?
d. Does high school GPA predict college GPA?
D
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A. free association B. systematic desensitization C. aversive conditioning D. transactional therapy
Regarding the scientific evidence on the existence of extrasensory perception (ESP), which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. We have reliable evidence supporting the existence of telepathy but not clairvoyance. b. We have reliable evidence supporting the existence of clairvoyance but not telepathy. c. We have reliable evidence supporting the existence of both clairvoyance and telepathy. d. We lack reliable evidence supporting the existence of either clairvoyance and telepathy. e. We can't say because only a few studies have been conducted on the existence of ESP.
Jim wonders if his wife Ann (age 25) will have the same personality when she gets to be middle-aged. Use research provided in your text to describe which aspects of Ann's personality are most and least likely to change
What will be an ideal response?
What is the main advantage of contrived observation (compared with other types of observational research)? a. It gives the researcher assurance that the observed behaviors are natural
b. It is less likely that the researcher is influencing the behaviors being observed. c. It is more efficient because the researcher does not have to wait for specific behaviors to occur naturally. d. It is less likely that the researcher will impose subjective interpretations on the data.