Research questions for psychological studies ______.
A) should be important for understanding behavior in a particular area
B) should be answerable using intuition
C) should be questions already answered in previous studies
D) should never be descriptive

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Research questions for psychological studies should be important for understanding behavior in a particular area. They should identify a gap in knowledge, raise important issues or concerns, or have practical applications for understanding and solving problems in the field. Answer B is incorrect because intuition is not a reliable or valid source of knowledge in empirical research. Answer C is incorrect because research questions should not be already answered in previous studies. Answer D is incorrect because descriptive research questions can be important for establishing baseline information or describing a phenomenon before more complex questions are asked.

Research Questions for Psychological Studies ______