Researchers turn to correlational studies when
a. large groups of participants are involved.
b. they are certain that participants can remember accurately what happened to them earlier.
c. variables of interest cannot be altered by the researchers.
d. communication with participants may be a problem.
e. their hypotheses are causal in nature.
c. variables of interest cannot be altered by the researchers.
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a. "Isn't it possible that by encouraging complete understanding—by spending so much time analyzing past behavior—the therapist and client delay making meaningful changes in the present?" b. "If I'm not mistaken, the research is unclear on whether behavior change necessarily follows insight.". c. "Even if psychoanalytic psychotherapy is effective, it seems to me that it's simply too costly for more than a small percentage of individuals needing treatment.". d. "Based on my understanding, the research suggests that over half of clients receiving psychoanalytic psychotherapy report unsatisfactory relationships with their therapists.".
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a. Asking an individual a long series of questions to reveal what he or she does not know and then asking another long series of questions to help the individual find the needed knowledge b. Deliberately humiliating individuals by showing their ignorance and dismissing those who become upset by the procedure because they are unwilling to learn c. Refusing to answer direct questions when asked by students and instead asking them questions until they have figured out their own answers d. Creating an environment that supports the acquisition of knowledge by the experimental method