The town of Indianola, Mississippi wants to know what the community thinks about building a high-tech movie theater. Increased taxes will be used to pay for the new theater. Therefore, elected officials are mailing out questionnaires to determine public opinion about the theater and the use of increased taxes to pay for it. Which type of research method are they using?
a. correlation
b. experiment
c. survey
d. case studies
C
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Evolutionary psychology ____.?
a. ?incorporated the work of Wilson b. ?is very popular c. ?deals with psychological mechanisms that are programmed into humans because they were successful in human history d. ?All of the choices are correct. e. ?None of the choices are correct.
A technique that assumes it is impossible to be relaxed and anxious at the same time is
a. systematic desensitization. b. skills training. c. transference. d. flooding.
Challenging issues in the study of adult development and aging include working with disciplines other than one's own, balancing the emphasis on young, middle, and late adulthood, highlighting both group trends based on age and individual differences,
and dealing with the limited resources available for research. Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Robyn feels that until she gets married she will live with her parents. As well, Robyn knows when she becomes an adult she will have her aging parents live with her and her husband. From this information, we can conclude that Robyn is most likely
a. an Asian adolescent living in Hong Kong. b. a White adolescent living in Australia. c. an Asian adolescent living in the United States. d. a White adolescent living in Canada