Psych chapter 2

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Scientific hypotheses are ________ and falsifiable.

• testable

• provable

• orignal

• observable

________ are defined as observable realities.

• behaviors

• opinions

• facts

• theories

Scientific knowledge is ________.

• subjective

• permament

• intuitive

• empirical

A major criticism of Freud’s early theories involves the fact that his theories ________.

• were too limited in scope

• were too broad

• were not testable

• were too outrageous

Sigmund Freud developed his theory of human personality by conducting in-depth interviews over an extended period of time with a few clients. This type of research approach is known as a(n): ________.

• archival research

• case study

• survey

• naturalistic observation

________ involves observing behavior in individuals in their natural environments.

• naturalistic observation

• survey

• case study

• archival research

The major limitation of case studies is ________.

• the superficial nature of the information collected in this approach

• the lack of control that the researcher has in this approach

• the absence of inter-rater reliability

• the inability to generalize the findings from this approach to the larger population

  the absence of inter-rater reliability

The benefit of naturalistic observation studies is ________.

• the ability to determine cause and effect in this particular approach

• how quick and easy these studies are to perform

• the honesty of the data that is collected in a realistic setting

• the researcher’s capacity to make sure that data is collected as efficiently as possible

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Using existing records to try to answer a research question is known as ________.

• archival research

• longitudinal research

• survey research

• naturalistic observation

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________ involves following a group of research participants for an extended period of time.

• naturalistic observation

• archival research

• longitudinal research

• cross-sectional research