Although surveys can be used with a variety of different research strategies, the defining characteristic of the survey research design is that the ____
a. research is conducted in field settings rather than in a laboratory
b. intent is simply to describe behaviors
c. intent is to demonstrate a relationship between behavior and other variables
d. intent is to explain the causes of the behaviors being surveyed
b
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Mei is a Chinese child, Grace is a first-generation Chinese American child, and Elizabeth is a European American child. All three children are between ages 3 and 4½. Based on longitudinal studies of cultural variation in emotional understanding, which child is likely to have the highest degree of emotional knowledge?
A. Mei B. Grace C. Elizabeth D. All three children will have the same degree of emotional knowledge.
The motivational factor in IQ testing refers to how
a. strongly a child works hard to excel during the test. b. African-American children are challenged to disprove racist theory. c. Caucasian examiners secretly lower the scores of African-American children. d. innate genetic ability is expressed through the score.
"Black tar" is
A. a name given heroin from Mexico that is brown or black in its pure form. B. a type of street heroin that has been "cut" with powdered charcoal. C. a synthetic opioid that is twice as potent as pure heroin. D. an opium extract that is imported from Southeast Asia.
Erica is accustomed to riding her own bicycle. She decides to ride her brother's bike,
which is slightly larger. Piaget would call the changes Erica makes in order to ride her brother's bike a. assimilation. b. accommodation. c. conservation. d. transformation.