Professor Powers Needs to Have a Minimum of 2,500 Participants

question 108

Multiple Choice

Professor Powers needs to have a minimum of 2,500 participants for her study.Which research method would make her study most manageable?

• A) a formal experiment
• B) the survey method
• C) the clinical method
• D) naturalistic observation

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Definitions:

Humanistic Psychologists

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Essentially Good

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An approach in psychology that focuses on studying general principles or laws that apply to all members of a population.

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