Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Political polls taken before major elections are examples of __________ research.

Using both independent and dependent variables is associated with which of the following types of research used in psychology?

A psychologist wanted to see if people are more prone to seek the company of others when anxious than when calm.He randomly assigned half of his subjects to an anxiety group and then told them that,as part of the study,they would receive electric shocks.He did not frighten the other group of subjects.Finally,he recorded how many subjects in each group chose to be "tested" in a group setting and how many chose to be "tested" alone.What was the dependent variable in this study?

The greatest disadvantage of correlation is:

Keeping responses anonymous helps researchers avoid the ethical problem of _______.