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Suppose that you have an assignment to write a review of the literature on a topic in cognitive psychology. If you used means-ends analysis, you would begin by

a. breaking the problem into parts (e.g., select a topic, locate resources, etc.) and then solve each part. b. creating a matrix consisting of possible problems and possible solutions. c. searching systematically through all possible alternatives (e.g., all possible topics on perception, all possible topics on memory, etc.) until you have found a solution. d. trying to think of occasions on which you faced a similar problem (e.g., writing a paper in a child development course) and use that information to help you solve the present problem.

A researcher is able to conduct an experiment on study habits in his laboratory and he finds some exciting results. What is one possible shortcoming of using this method?

a. Results from laboratory experiments do not always generalize to real-world situations. b. Experiments do not provide evidence about cause-and-effect relationships. c. It is not possible to conduct experiments on issues such as study habits. d. Laboratory experiments do not control for confounding variables.