Question 1

What are some of the benefits of online surveys?

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Question 2

List the five serious problems created by self-help books and articles.

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Question 3

Suppose you are interested in studying teen suicide.Compare how the Ecological and the Family Development perspectives might approach this issue.

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Question 4

What are some of the limitations of online surveys?

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Question 5

You want to study interactions between young children and their parents.You have access to a day care where there are one-way mirrors allowing you to observe the children without anyone knowing you are there.You decide you will sit behind one of these mirrors and observe interactions between parents and children in the morning during drop-off and again in the evening when the children are picked up.What should you do to make sure that your study is ethical?

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Question 6

People are more likely to believe research on sensitive social,moral,or political topics when the findings demonstrate how their personal beliefs are incorrect.

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People are more likely to experience confirmation bias, where they favor information that confirms their preexisting beliefs, and may reject or discredit research that contradicts their views, especially on sensitive topics.

Question 7

Suppose you were interested in studying the impact of domestic violence on its victims.Which method of data collection would you use - survey,clinical or field research? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the method you chose?

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Question 8

Social scientists seem to be less likely than medical scientists to engage in unethical behavior.

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Research suggests that social scientists may face fewer pressures and have different ethical standards compared to medical scientists, who often deal with more direct human health implications and high-stakes research environments.

Quiz 2: Studying the Family