Dr. Kang is investigating the mechanisms that underlie how humans learn and solve problems. She is using the ____ approach to investigate human intelligence

a. information-processing
b. psychometric
c. cognitive
d. psychophysics


a

Psychology

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Using the example of child maltreatment, discuss the importance of complex hypotheses and complex research designs to investigate the development of psychopathology

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

Dr. Smalley is conducting research on a new high blood pressure drug. He assigns patients to three groups: one group gets the new drug, one receives a placebo; and the third group gets a drug that is the standard drug to treat high blood pressure. But Dr. Smalley and his patients do not know who is receiving what treatment. This is an example of a:

A. randomized Latin squares design B. repeated measures design C. double-blind design D. stratified sample design

Psychology

L.L. Thurstone suggested that intelligence should be conceptualized as having multiple types of intelligence that are independent of each other. How many types did he propose?

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

Psychology

You are looking through a selection of magazines at the bookstore. You are searching for a magazine that discusses the treatment of psychological disorders through psychological methods, such as talking about problems and exploring new ways of thinking and acting. Knowing this, you would be best to select a magazine with which of the following words in the title?

A. Psychotherapy B. Psychopathology C. Psychometrics D. Psychopharmacology

Psychology