Using Appropriate Research Methods to Examine How People Think, Feel

question 79

Multiple Choice

Using appropriate research methods to examine how people think, feel, and behave is important because:

• A) it decreases the likelihood that we draw empirically sound conclusions.
• B) it decreases the likelihood that we make poor decisions.
• C) biases in how we think make the study of psychology more like real life.
• D) it makes us more likely to use the availability heuristic.

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Definitions:

Historical Cost

An accounting principle requiring assets to be recorded at their original purchase price, without adjusting for increases or decreases in value.