A Psychologist Reports a Single Case of a Disorder, Detailing

question 158

Multiple Choice

A psychologist reports a single case of a disorder, detailing the person's feelings and responses. This research strategy is

• A) weak because it rarely provides information we can generalize to others with the disorder.
• B) weak because it confuses correlational data with experimental data.
• C) very strong and widely used in abnormal psychology.
• D) rarely used in abnormal psychology because few people are willing to examine their own lives closely.