The Principal Disadvantage of the Descriptive/correlational Research Method Is

question 11

Multiple Choice

The principal disadvantage of the descriptive/correlational research method is

• A) because of practical or ethical reasons they cannot be used to study some research questions.
• B) since researchers cannot control variables of interest, conclusions concerning cause and effect relationships are not appropriate.
• C) they do not allow the researcher to describe behavior.
• D) they frequently observe behavior in artificial situations.

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Definitions:

Moral Reasoning

The process of determining right from wrong in a principled way, often guided by ethics and personal values.

Other-race Effect

The tendency to more easily recognize faces of the race that one is most familiar with, also known as the cross-race effect.

Situational Attributions

The process of assigning the cause of behavior to some situation or event outside a person's control rather than to some internal characteristic.

Social Influence

The effect that the words, actions, or mere presence of other people have on our thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or behavior.