Using Appropriate Research Methods to Examine How People Think, Feel

question 125

Multiple Choice

Using appropriate research methods to examine how people think, feel, and behave is important because:

• A) it decrease the likelihood that we draw empirically sound conclusions.
• B) it decreases the likelihood that we make poor decisions.
• C) biases in how we think make the study of psychology more like real life.
• D) it makes us more likely to use the availability heuristic.

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Definitions:

Emotional Support

Assistance provided through empathy, concern, and encouragement to help individuals cope with emotional distress or difficulties.

Socialization

The lifelong process of inheriting and disseminating norms, customs, and ideologies, providing an individual with the skills necessary for participating within their own society.

Decreasing Prevalence

A decline in the frequency or rate of occurrence of an event, condition, or disease in a population over time.

Diverse Family Forms

Variations in family structures beyond the traditional nuclear family, including single-parent families, blended families, and same-sex parenting households.