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Working in a community mental health center,Dr.Thatcher treats adults who suffer from major depressive disorder.Dr.Thatcher is most likely a(n) ________ psychologist.

A) personality
B) industrial-organizational
C) clinical
D) developmental

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Repeating the essence of an earlier research study to confirm that its findings extend to a new group of research participants and to different circumstances is called

A) replication.
B) random sampling.
C) naturalistic observation.
D) the double-blind procedure.

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Question 143

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A large amount of our mental activity occurs outside of our awareness,thanks to our capacity for

A clinical psychologist who explains behavior in terms of unconscious drives and conflicts is using a(n) ________ perspective.

Random assignment is most likely to be used in ________ research.

A count of positive and negative words in millions of Twitter messages suggests that people seem happiest on

Studying people of all races and cultures is most helpful for

Correlation is a measure of the extent to which two factors

Dr.Matias has concluded that very few people in a small African country suffer from alcohol use disorder because of the strong influence of that region's major religion.This belief best illustrates a(n) ________ perspective.

To study the development of relationships,Dr.Rajiv carefully observed and recorded patterns of verbal and nonverbal behaviors among men and women in singles bars.Which research method did Dr.Rajiv employ?

The placebo effect best illustrates the impact of ________ on feelings and behaviors.

Abdul has volunteered to participate in an experiment evaluating the effectiveness of aspirin.Neither he nor the experimenters know whether the pills he takes during the experiment contain aspirin or are merely placebos.The investigators are apparently making use of

Psychology experiments are typically designed to

Participants in an experiment are said to be blind if they are uninformed about

A psychologist notes that we are especially attracted to people whose traits are different from our own.This statement would seem unsurprising to students because

A negative correlation between people's work-related stress and their marital happiness would indicate that

Little Hans' extreme fear of horses was observed as part of a(n)

Which research method provides the best way of assessing whether cigarette smoking boosts mental alertness?

To assess the extent to which death rates increase as people age,researchers would most likely make use of

To study the effects of noise on worker productivity,researchers have one group of people work in a noisy room and a second group work in a quiet room.To be sure that any differences in the productivity of the two groups actually result from the different noise levels,the researchers should use