It is important to do a literature search before doing your experiment. Why?
A) to find out if anyone has done a similar experiment
B) to find out how your experiment fits into the body of knowledge
C) to avoid making the same mistakes others have made in attacking the problem
D) all of the choices are good reasons
D
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The person most closely associated with research on learned helplessness is __________.
A. Edward Thorndike B. Joseph Wolpe C. Martin Seligman D. Albert Bandura
According to object relations theory, a child's relationship with his or her parents
A. is not as important as the child's relationship with peers. B. affects the way the child thinks of others in future relationships. C. is more important as the child grows older, especially in the adolescent years. D. is not as important as neo-Freudian theorists originally claimed.
A major goal of research is to ____ from a small group of participants included in a study to the larger group from which they came
a. deduce b. generalize c. specialize d. reason
Which of the following tends to inhibit creativity in the initial stages?
a. defining problems broadly b. allowing time for incubation c. worrying about the correctness of solutions d. exposing oneself to a wide variety of information