Professor Kramer Has Decided to Measure How Happy His Students

question 43

Multiple Choice

Professor Kramer has decided to measure how happy his students are with his teaching this semester. He is teaching two classes this semester-Psychology and Law and Introduction to Neuroscience. He gives his students a survey.
If all the students in Dr. Kramer's two classes complete the survey, then Dr. Kramer has done which of the following?

• A)Decreased the external validity of his study
• B)Collected too much data
• C)Relied on a census
• D)Enhanced sampling bias

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Definitions:

Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy

A psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in patients to provide relief from mental disorders.

Psychoanalytic

Relating to a theory of psychology which emphasizes unconscious psychological processes and is credited to Freud.

Positive Transference

The phenomenon in psychotherapy where a patient projects positive feelings for someone from their past onto the therapist.

Free Association

A psychoanalytic technique where the patient speaks freely to uncover repressed thoughts and feelings, facilitating the therapeutic process.