2. Little is known about the ability of two-month-old children to form concepts. What method would you use to begin the study of their conceptual abilities?
3. __________ is the systematic use of psychological (typically personality) theory to transform a life into a coherent and illuminating story.
4. Durkheim examined the reason for dying on death certificates in order to determine whether people had committed suicide. In addition, he noted the age, sex, and religious affiliation of the person. He used these observations to formulate a sociological theory. This research is an example of the __________ method.
5. The procedure used to eliminate bias in selecting subjects in survey research is called ___________.
6. Which of the following types of hypothesis testing are attempted in correlational research?
7. __________ studies collect observations on the same subjects on at least two separate occasions.
8. The major distinction between passive-observational studies and experiments is:
9. Willems's two dimensional space for describing research studies has the degree of researcher manipulation (high, medium, and low) on one dimension and the degree to which the researcher limits response alternatives (high, medium, and low). According to Willems's classification, most laboratory experimentation would be classified as __________ on researcher manipulation and __________ on limiting response alternatives.
10. The school guidance counselor has been working with a student who has problems with severe test anxiety. She asks the student to record her level of anxiety every day, for two weeks before the first test (the baseline). The counselor then teaches the student progressive relaxation techniques which help control anxiety (the treatment manipulation). The student practices the relaxation techniques for two weeks and keeps a daily record of her anxiety level before the next test. Records, comparing the baseline and treatment ratings of anxiety levels, show a dramatic decrease in test anxiety before the second test. This research is an example of the __________ research method.
11. Researchers "who belong to a group and report on that group" conduct research using which of the following research methods?
12. The two disciplines of scientific psychology were described by Cronbach as __________.
