Exam 1: Adjusting to Modern Life

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A researcher gives you a questionnaire to fill out about your attitudes on abortion,school prayer,and drug legalization.This researcher is using which of the following research methods?

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A positive correlation coefficient indicates the two variables covary in the ________, and a negative coefficient indicates that the variables covary .

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"Subjecting ideas to systematic,skeptical scrutiny" best describes which of the following processes?

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Which of the following is very important to overall happiness?

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In taking lecture notes,you should take down everything exactly as said by your professor.

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Surveys exploring psychotherapists' opinions of self-help books suggest

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Margo conducted a survey that indicated a strong positive correlation between relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction.The results

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The branch of psychology concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders is called ___________ psychology.

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List and briefly describe several factors that have been found to be somewhat or very important determinants of happiness.

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Case studies

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An experiment is a research method in which the investigator manipulates the _______ variable and observes whether any changes occur in a(n) ______ variable as a result.

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Clinical psychology is primarily concerned with

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A correlation coefficient indicates the __________ and the __________ of the relationship between two variables.

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The experimental and control groups should be the same in every respect except for the

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Which of the following correlation coefficients indicates the strongest relationship between two variables?

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Compared to other methods of drawing conclusions about behavior,the major advantages of the scientific approach are

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Which of the following statements is NOT true of correlational research methods?

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Research indicates that people are

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When course material is especially difficult,it is a good idea to prepare for lectures by

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When a question occurs to you during a lecture,you should

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