A researcher sits at a table in a restaurant all day and records what customers in adjoining booths are saying and doing. What type of research strategy is this?

a. Experiment
b. Correlational study
c. Case Study
d. Naturalistic observation


Answer: d. Naturalistic observation

Psychology

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According to statistics regarding female adolescents and homicide, a. homicide of females is extremely rare. b. European-American female adolescents have the highest rates of homicide when compared to women ofother racial and ethnic groups

c. European-Americanwomen are less likely to die of homicide than African-American women. d. homicide is the leading cause of death among adolescent women.

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In a matrix for a factorial design, the row means and column means represent the effects of:

a. extraneous factors. b. individual differences. c. an interaction. d. a single factor (variable).

Psychology

Suppose that Madison has just begun dating Wayne. While at his house, she notices some family photos on the coffee table. She notices that—even though Wayne himself is not overweight—every other member of his family is clearly obese. Somehow, this makes Wayne seem less attractive to Madison. Madison's attitude illustrates ____

a. prejudice contagion b. stigma by association c. the discontinuity effect d. the social context bias

Psychology

Marco has worked extensively as a dog handler for many years. He is well known for his ability to understand dogs. Recently he decided on a trip to a ranch with horses, Marco was able to apply his knowledge and experiences of working with dogs to the horses. This is considered an example of

a. postformal reasoning. b. fluid intelligence. c. crystallized intelligence. d. episodic memory.

Psychology