Asking Someone How Something Happened Rather Than Why They Did

question 14

Multiple Choice

Asking someone how something happened rather than why they did something encourages that person to discuss his or her motives in context and to create ________.

• A) resentment in the research relationship
• B) accounts in which the criminal courts are typically interested
• C) a vocabulary of motives
• D) the feeling of "reliving" the experience

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Definitions:

Naturalistic Observation

A research method where subjects are observed in their natural environment without any manipulation by the researcher.

Ethical Research

The practice of conducting studies and experiments in accordance with established ethical principles to ensure fairness, integrity, and respect for all participants.

Random Assignment

A method used in experiments to place participants into separate groups using randomization, which helps ensure that each group is similar at the start of the experiment.

Laboratory Experiment

A research method in which variables can be controlled and manipulated in a highly regulated environment to observe the effects on other variables.