Deck 2: C: Research in Health Psychology

Question 1

Explain the nature and advantages of experimentation in health psychology and epidemiological research.

Answer 1

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Question 2

Describe the types of correlation (positive,negative,or perfect),and discuss why correlation enables prediction but not explanation.

Answer 2

no answer

Question 3

Ignoring for the moment any ethical or practical constraints,how might you design a study to definitively settle the question of whether smoking causes cancer?

Answer 3

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Question 4

Describe the major descriptive research studies,and discuss their limitations and possible pitfalls.

Question 5

Compare and contrast research methods in health psychology with those in epidemiology.