If You Were Using the Scientific Method to Conduct Research

question 119

Multiple Choice

If you were using the scientific method to conduct research in abnormal psychology, you would be seeking:

• A) an idiographic understanding.
• B) to advance conventional wisdom.
• C) a nomothetic understanding.
• D) to change current graduate training.

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Definitions:

Relative Certainty

The degree of confidence or assurance one has regarding the occurrence of an event or the truth of a statement, often compared to other scenarios or information.

Licensing Agreement

An agreement in which the owner of intellectual property grants another person (or another company) permission to produce that product.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce.

Production

The process of creating, manufacturing, or using various factors of production to make goods or provide services.