Which of the following statements is false?
A. No single research methodology is likely to answer all of psychology's questions.
B. Any one method or measure of behavior is likely flawed or incomplete.
C. Researchers gain a more complete understanding of behavior by emphasizing one particular method when investigating their research question.
D. A multimethod approach to a research question allows researchers to overcome the flaws associated with any one particular method.
C. Researchers gain a more complete understanding of behavior by emphasizing one particular method when investigating their research question.
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Destroying a piece of brain tissue to observe its effect on behavior is referred to as which of the following?
a. ESB b. lesioning c. tumor ligation d. stereotaxic inversion
According to a study by Miller and Bersoff (1992), the American participants, both children and adults, considered not helping someone a moral transgression more than the Indian participants, regardless of the life-threatening nature of the situation or whether the person in need was related
a) True b) False
Brenda is watching a political debate. When her preferred candidate gets up to speak, she nods her head when he makes points with which he agrees. When he is saying things that she does not support, however, she simply turns away and talks to her roommate. Brenda's tendency to seek out information that is consistent with her beliefs is called the:
A. confirmation bias B. halo effect C. brainstorm heuristic D. means-end algorithm
The classification system most commonly used in the United States, the DSM, is currently in its _____ edition, while the system often used in other countries, the ICD, is set to be released in its _____ edition in the next few years.
A. third; tenth B. eleventh; fifth C. tenth; third D. fifth; eleventh