Dr. Simon is discussing the role of inference in research. She says that psychologists study the outside to know about the inside. Is she correct?
a. No ? she has it backwards; we study the inside to know about the outside.
b. No ? inference does not play a role in research.
c. Yes ? we infer subjective experience (inside) from behavior (outside).
d. Yes ? but we don't need inference since we can directly observe subjective experience in research participants.
C
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a. covariation principle c. fundamental attribution error b. self-serving bias d. actor-observer effect
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a. Jean Piaget b. John B. Watson c. B. F. Skinner d. Sigmund Freud e. Wilhelm Wundt
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