As an assignment for your Experimental Psychology class you have been asked to conduct a study that will yield a causal relationship between the independent and dependent variables. To complete this assignment, you must use the ________ method

a. experimental
b. observational
c. correlational
d. correlational or experimental


Answer: a. experimental

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Which of the following statements about the correlational design is true?

A) Researchers gather information on individuals and make no effort to alter their experiences. B) Unlike the experimental design, it permits inferences of cause and effect. C) Researchers use an evenhanded procedure to assign people to two or more treatment conditions. D) In an experiment, the events and behaviors of interest are divided into independent and dependent variables.

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Which of the following groups is likely to have the greatest fear of death?

a. regular churchgoers who are highly religious b. irregular churchgoers who are moderately or weakly religious c. strongly non-religious adults d. It makes no difference: religiousness is unrelated to fear of death.

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According to attachment theory, there are ___________ primary attachment styles

a. two b. three c. five d. seven

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The brain imaging method with the best spatial resolution is:

a. fMRI. b. CT. c. PET. d. MRI.

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