Professor Yarnofsky Wonders Whether Recent Acts of Airline Terrorism Have

question 113

Multiple Choice

Professor Yarnofsky wonders whether recent acts of airline terrorism have made the public more fearful of airline flight. He secures records of the amount of flight insurance that people have purchased via machines at the airport, and compares the records of insurance purchases before the last hijacking to purchases after the last hijacking. Professor Yarnofsky has employed a(n) __________ research method.

• A) participant observation
• B) systematic observation
• C) archival
• D) experimental

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Definitions:

Spatial Intelligence

The ability to think in three dimensions, involving the capacity to visualize and manipulate objects and spatial relationships in the mind.

Naturalist Intelligence

One of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences, characterized by an ability to recognize, categorize, and draw upon certain features of the environment.

Existential Intelligence

The capacity to ponder deep questions about human existence such as the meaning of life, why we die, and how we got here.

Convergent Thinking

A cognitive approach involving the bringing together of different ideas to determine the single best solution to a given problem.