A Researcher Is Interested in Determining Whether There Is a Social

question 51

Multiple Choice

A researcher is interested in determining whether there is a social function to sadness.Which of the following study designs might BEST determine if this is the case?

• A)asking participants to open an email containing sad news either alone or in the presence of others and recording their facial expressions
• B)asking participants to complete measures of extraversion and emotionality
• C)asking participants to open an email containing either sad news or happy news and then measuring their level of sadness
• D)asking participants to go to a party and then measuring how sad they are

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