A researcher identifies that a certain community has a high rate of obesity. He conducts a study to determine if people would increase their overall activity in that community if a park were built there. What type of research did this researcher conduct?

A. basic research
B. applied research
C. qualitative research
D. quantitative research


Answer: B

Psychology

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Jorge goes to a psychologist who will identify, classify, and analyze Jorge's stable enduring characteristics. Once these characteristics are identified and analyzed, they can be used to predict future behavior. This psychologist is utilizing the __________ approach

a. psychodynamic b. trait c. behavioristic d. humanistic

Psychology

Piaget studied children's performance on a variety of problems, including the three-mountains problem and the class-inclusion problem. Choose either the three-mountains problem or the class-inclusion problem

Describe the features of the problem, give an example of how a child in the preoperational period might solve the problem, and discuss how Piaget interpreted preoperational children's performance on the problem. What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

The square root of the estimated population variance is the estimated population _____

a. range b. standard deviation c. median d. mode

Psychology

Describe the transtheoretical model of behavior change, and briefly describe each stage

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology