A Psychologist Wishes to Test the Hypothesis That the Experience

question 125

Multiple Choice

A psychologist wishes to test the hypothesis that the experience of chronic physical pain can cause clinical depression, but the Ethics Committee of his university will not allow him to conduct a study in which he inflicts pain on the subjects. What kind of research design might best allow the psychologist to test this hypothesis while circumventing the committee's objection?

• A) Experimental
• B) Prospective
• C) Analogue
• D) Longitudinal

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