Homework 1- Identifying Research Designs For each of the following questions, please choose the most appropriate research design for answering the question: descriptive, correlational, quasi-experimental, or experimental. Then briefly explain the logic behind your decision. 1. What percentage of college students attend church regularly? 2. Does the artificial sweetener aspartame cause dizziness and confusion? 3. What personality variables are related to depression?

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Q: Supporters of the behavioral tradition in psychology say that the individual with highly “developed”...

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Q: State the all-or-none law.

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Q: Explain the evidence suggesting that a conscious decision to move does not cause the movement.

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Q: What evidence shows that stomach distension is sufficient for satiety?

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Q: What are the mechanisms of hearing?

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Q: What is motivation, and are there different types of motives?

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Q: What are the effects of phthalates on sexual development?

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Q: In what ways are hurt feelings similar to physical pain?

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Q: “Perceptual phenomena are best understood as a combination of their components.”

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Q: Ernest Hartmann stresses that dreaming is a relatively mechanical process having little personal mea...

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Q: How does classical conditioning occur?

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Q: Research suggests that prejudice and intergroup conflict may be reduced by _____________________ int...

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Q: Several lines of evidence argue against the idea that facial expressions demonstrate the existence o...

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Q: Describe reasons biological psychologists conduct much of their research on nonhuman animals.

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Q: Happiness has only a small positive correlation with wealth. T or F?

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Q: A group of non-English speaking immigrants enrolled in an English as a Second Language course at the...

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Q: How does light reset the biological clock?

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Q: Multiculturalism refers to the belief that various subcultures and ethnicgroups should be blended in...

A: Multiculturalism is a theory that suggests a cultural pattern within a society that says there are a...

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Q: The psychiatric classification system most frequently used in the United States to diagnose individu...

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Q: Examine Figure 5.17. You should see grayish diamonds at the crossroads among the black squares. Expl...

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Q: theory

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A: Stress is a usual response the body has while variations happen, happening in bodily, emotional and ...

Q: _______ is one way in which people can help reset their biological clocks. Choose one answer.   a. A...

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Q: Find the hidden images

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Q: Natural, or “real-life,” occurrences are regarded as the best evidence for the existence of ESP. T o...

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Q: What happens when emotions are felt?

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Q: What do behaviorists and social learning theorists emphasize in their approach to personality?

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Q: Alpha waves are to presleep drowsiness as ______________ waves are to Stage 4 sleep.

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Q: Are some motives more basic than others?

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Q: Exposure to creative models has been shown to enhance creativity. True or False?

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Q: What is philosophy

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Q: What dietary supplement during pregnancy decreases the probability of having a child with autism? A....

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Q: Why did researchers test the effects of testosterone on women?

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