The Method Section of an APA-Style Research Report ____

question 26

Multiple Choice

The method section of an APA-style research report ____.

• A) provides a general description of the study
• B) provides enough detail for replication
• C) includes a results subsection
• D) gives a report of the results

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Definitions:

Effortless

Achieved with remarkable ease and without apparent difficulty or exertion.

Representativeness Heuristic

A mental shortcut that involves making judgments about the probability of an event under uncertainty, based on how much it resembles the typical case.

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person’s mind when evaluating a topic, concept, method, or decision.

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one’s preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.