Margot wonders if people behave more aggressively when there is a full moon. To attempt to find out, she categorizes arrest records and emergency room admissions by the cycle of the moon. Margot is taking a(n) _____ approach to the question.
A) empirical
B) dogmatic
C) hypothetical
D) deductive
A) empirical
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Who said psychology was NOT in the business of curing sick minds??
a. ?Wundt b. ?Külpe c. ?Titchener d. ?James e. ?Comte
Snyder and colleagues (1977) ran a study in which mixed-gender pairs had a phone conversation. Male participants were given either an attractive or unattractive photo of their conversation partner. Which statement about the study findings is false? a. Men were friendlier toward the partners who they believed to be attractive. b. The outcome of the conversation was more influenced by the
women's actual level of attractiveness than byhow attractive the men believed the women to be. c. Men formed more positive impressions of the personality of women who they believed to be attractive. d. Women talking with men who believed they were attractive were actually warmer and more confident duringthe conversation.
Which of the following best describes ejaculatory inevitability?
a. The pleasurable sensation right after orgasm b. The uncomfortable feeling that happens if an orgasm does not occur c. The feeling just before orgasm when ejaculation can no longer be held back d. The intense feeling of desire experienced as an erection develops
Which animal psychologist was the first to suggest that humans have an innate caretaking and nurturing mechanism that is triggered by the features of a baby's face?
a) Martin Seligman b) Gregor Mendel c) Konrad Lorenz d) Charles Darwin