What are some of the major advantages and disadvantages of naturalistic observation?
What will be an ideal response?
Advantages: It allows researchers to gather information about real-life behaviors. Disadvantages: The researcher
cannot control the situation. Therefore, the desired behavior might not occur.
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Several clinicians look at the TAT results of a hospitalized patient. The patient described the characters on a card as not speaking to each other. One clinician says this means the patient has a lot of unresolved anger. Another says it means the patient has a lot of social anxiety. A third says he thinks it means the patient is uninterested in people and prefers to be alone. This demonstrates the following problem with the TAT: __________.
A. scoring and interpretation is very subjective B. the pictures on the cards are new and updated C. the amount of time it takes to score and interpret it D. the lack of training of clinicians on using it
A main function of the cerebrum is
A. control all cerebral perception B. control involuntary activity like breathing C. control unconscious muscle tone for upright posture D. assist in maintaining alertness
Stuart keeps getting the multiple choice questions wrong because he overanalyzes them and makes them complex when they're actually quite simple. This illustrates the concept of:
A) pseudostupidity. B) egocentrism. C) the personal fable. D) cognitive dialectics.
Unlike relationships with other adolescents, a teen's family relationships are generally
A) asymmetrical. B) full of storm and stress. C) based on social equality. D) open to radical change.