Of the following, which is the BEST example of naturalistic observation?
A) The school psychologist has administered aptitude tests to the sophomore class of Martin Luther King, Jr. High School.
B) A researcher interested in the effects of caffeine upon learning provides high-caffeine drinks to an experimental group who are being taught a complicated game and provides caffeine-free drinks to a control group who are being taught the same game.
C) A serial killer is subjected to a battery of psychological exams and intensive interviews in an effort to determine the factors that influenced his developmental pathway to homicidal behavior.
D) Researchers interested in children's gender-related interactions videotape children while they are playing during recess and while they are engaged in cooperative learning assignments in their classrooms.
D
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The imperative that "psychology must discard all references to consciousness" was the command of ____.?
a. ?Dewey b. ?Angell c. ?Watson d. ?Skinner e. ?Seligman
Sara believes that memory processes develop the same way in all children. Sara is most likely to support a ____ position regarding human development
a. universal b. nurture c. discontinuous d. non-normative
Candida has had Alzheimer's disease for over a decade. In an effort to help slow her memory loss, therapists have begun asking her simple questions, waiting for 10 seconds, then, if Candida gets the item correct, re-asking the question after a slightly longer time delay. Candida's intervention is based on a. recognition
b. a circadian rhythm task. c. spaced retrieval. d. an internal belief system.
If Winchester weighs 100 kilograms (220 pounds) and is 2 meters tall (6 feet 5 inches), his BMI would be a. 25
b. 50. c. 200. d. 400.