A researcher is interested in studying how unemployment affects fathers' interactions with their children
The researcher gathers together 25 unemployed fathers and with a moderator they discuss how they think and feel about their situation and their interactions with their children. This is an example of
a) a focus group study.
b) survey research.
c) correlational research.
d) empirical research.
ANS: a
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a. In their natural habitat, apes and monkeys make only a few dozen distinct cries, which carry messages, such as "attack," "flee," or "food here.". b. Animal communication lacks the productive quality of human language. c. No other animals besides apes and monkeys have been able to be taught to communicate with word symbols. d. The pygmy chimpanzee named Kanzi has the vocabulary and the ability to invent a simple grammar that are equal to those abilities shown by two-year old humans.
Poikilothermic organisms have body temperatures that ____.
A. remain relatively constant no matter the change in the external environment B. are the same as the temperatures of their environments C. are nearly constant, although the brain temperature varies D. allow them to survive in very warm climates only
Scientists are expected to submit their results to professional journals, which then send the findings to experts for evaluation before publication. This process is called ________
a. replication. b. publish or perish. c. peer review. d. falsification.
In general, a person whose culture emphasizes primary control would agree that ________
a. true tolerance is to tolerate the intolerable. b. to lose is to win. c. if you have a problem, live with it. d. if you don't like it, change it.