The correlational research strategy is often used for ____
a. manipulating a variable of interest
b. establishing cause and effect relationships
c. preliminary research in an area
d. describing a variable
c
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A. operant conditioning. B. classical conditioning. C. the principle of generalization. D. systematic desensitization.
Sarah is a woman who is sexually attracted to men. She is
a. heterosexual. c. lesbian. b. homosexual. d. contemplative.
Bianca, a third-year college student, has developed a type of thinking that would be characterized as relativism. This means that she ______________
a. is able to perform mental operations on tangible problems, but lacks abstract thought b. is able to understand the laws of relativity c. is able to recognize the legitimacy of competing points of view d. has meta-cognitive awareness
The idea that psychology should be based only on observable, measurable behavior is central to ________
a. cognitive theory b. psychodynamic theory c. structuralism d. behaviorism