Marcelo wonders if people masturbate because they do not have partners available to have sex with. He predicts that people having frequent sex will masturbate less, and that people who have less sex will masturbate more due to their "deprivation"
He creates a survey to ask people how frequently they currently have sex and how frequently they masturbate. He finds the opposite of his prediction! Marcelo's experience is an example of
A) why scientific methods can confuse our beliefs with inconsistent findings.
B) how scientific methods are inferior to intuition because people clearly masturbate when they do not have sexual partners available.
C) using scientific methods to test a hypothesis and gain information about sexuality.
D) an incomplete use of the scientific method.
C
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c. Someone suffered damage in the center of both retinas. d. Someone suffered damage in much of the visual cortex.
According to the research on children's stereotypes,
a. younger children know just as much as older children about our culture's traditional gender stereotypes, but the younger children have more flexible stereotypes. b. older children know more than younger children about our culture's gender stereotypes, but the older children have more flexible stereotypes. c. the current research shows that children are much less aware of gender stereotypes than the children who grew up in the 1960s. d. younger children have more flexible gender stereotypes than older children.CHAPTER 4Adolescence
Breanna is more likely to feel depressed than Terron. When Breanna is sad, she constantly thinks about negative events, why they occurred, and how depressed she is about them. When Terron feels down, he goes out jogging until he is exhausted but free of his negative frame of mind. Breanna exhibits a(n) ____ cognitive style and Terron uses a ____ cognitive style
a. ?depressive; cyclothymic b. ?distracting; ruminative c. ?cyclothymic; depressive d. ?ruminative; distracting
When is it acceptable for a researcher to dispense with obtaining the informed consent of research participants?
a. Whenever there is no deception involved in the research b. Whenever the risk of harm to the participants is minimal, they participate voluntarily, and their confidentiality is ensured c. Whenever the participants are being paid for their participation d. Whenever the research has been approved by an IRB