Of the Following Studies, Which Is the Most Likely to Be

question 92

Multiple Choice

Of the following studies, which is the most likely to be conducted by a social psychologist?

• A) An experimenter watches to see whether hungry game players use a more aggressive strategy than players who are not hungry.
• B) An interviewer does a case study of a physically disabled veteran.
• C) An archival researcher examines records of divorce rates across cultures.
• D) A test administrator measures the skills of an adolescent whose class performance has been poor.

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Definitions:

Optimistic View

A tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.

Unconditional Positive Regard

A nonjudgmental acceptance and support of a person regardless of what the person says or does, as practiced in client-centered therapy.

Conditions Of Worth

Standards imposed by others, particularly during childhood, that one must meet in order to be considered valuable or worthy of love.

Rogers

Refers to Carl Rogers, an influential American psychologist and founder of humanistic psychology.