In preparation for his master's thesis, Al spends time in the mall observing the shoppers' behavior. His notes reveal a tendency for people to smile when someone, even a stranger, smiles at them. Later in the semester,
he designs a questionnaire that focuses on typical reactions when someone smiles. He wonders if the sex, style of dress, and age of a person who smiles has any influence on returned smiles, so he designs research to answer this question. In order, which research methods has Al used?
a) experiment, case study, survey
b) case study, survey, experiment
c) correlation, case study, experiment
d) naturalistic observation, survey, experiment
ANS: d
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a. identical twins. c. cousins. b. fraternal twins. d. people who are unrelated to them.
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Lewendowsky takes her into the hall and says, "I'm sorry but you may not join us for class today. Your tardiness is now unacceptable. Please leave, and come back for our next class." The teacher has used __________ to attempt to get her student to stop coming late to class. a. counterconditioning b. aversive conditioning c. contingency management d. implosion therapy
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a. perception b. sensation c. specific nerve energy d. functional encoding