A researcher would likely choose to use a case study methodology if
A) the focus is on understanding a small group.
B) they want the study to be anonymous.
C) they have a study sample that is randomly selected.
D) they only have one opportunity to question their sample.
A
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Suppose that your elderly uncle is coming to visit. You are concerned, because you will be discussing some important issues and do not want to overload his working memory. Based on the information in Chapter 13, you would suspect that
a. you probably do not need to worry, because no age-related differences have been reported for working memory. b. you probably do not need to worry, as long as you aren't talking to him while he is doing another complex task at the same time. c. you probably need to worry, because elderly people show deficits in the functioning of the phonological loop. d. you probably need to worry, because young adults and older adults have similar working memory only when speech rate is significantly slower than normal.
The most serious drawback to Kübler-Ross's theory is that
A) dying people are unlikely to display denial after learning of their condition because most people trust doctors. B) it looks at dying patients' thoughts and feelings outside the contexts that give them meaning. C) a normal dying person goes through the five stages, but not in Kübler-Ross's sequence. D) it fails to recognize that as dying people move closer to death, their reactions are predictable.