If you want to study people over time but don't want to rely on people's memories for past behaviors, you should use a
a. prospective study.
b. cohort study.
c. withdrawal study.
d. cross-sectional study.
a
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a. Refusing to hire someone who is gay b. Asking a little girl if she is going to marry a prince when she grows up c. Writing on invitations: "Feel free to bring a friend" d. Beating up a young man because he is homosexual
Which type of therapy focuses on helping clients become aware of and then taking responsibility for their own thoughts, feelings, and actions?
a. Gestalt therapy b. Interpersonal therapy c. Psychoanalytic therapy d. Rational Emotive Behavioral therapy
Teddi created a new projective personality test to be used as an alternative to earlier projective assessments. Before distributing the test to a wider audience, she wants to determine its reliability. Which of the following processes would be the best for making this determination?
A. Administering the test to hundreds of individuals B. Having personality experts take the test and compare results C. Giving it to a large sample of people multiple times D. Double-checking the items to make sure they are correct
Which of the following is not a major consideration when choosing the type and number of
participants to use in a successful research project? A) precedent B) availability C) type of research project D) ability to obtain informed consent