The Gallup and Harris Polls, Which Are Reports That Contain

question 580

Multiple Choice

The Gallup and Harris Polls, which are reports that contain the responses of several thousand people to questions such as how good a job is the president doing with foreign affairs, are both examples of the use of the

• A)naturalistic observation technique.
• B)survey method.
• C)field experiment.
• D)curvilinear relationship hypothesis.

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Definitions:

Catharsis

A process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.

Informed Consent

The process by which a fully informed person can participate in choices about their health care or participation in research.

Volunteer Bias

The phenomenon in research where volunteers may differ from the general population in significant ways, potentially leading to skewed results due to the self-selection of participants.

Conditioning

A method of changing behavior where an individual learns to link a new behavior with a stimulus that was previously not related to it.