In the 1970s, a 13-year-old girl was found locked up in a room, strapped to a potty chair. Because she had grown up in a world without human speech, researchers studied "Genie's" ability to acquire words, grammar, and pronunciation. This type of research is called ________________________ because a lot of data were gathered about a single case.
a) a case study
b) a representative sample
c) a single-blind study
d) a naturalistic observation
ANS: A, A case study looks at only one person in great detail.
Psychology
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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a. hindsight b. irrationality c. conjunction d. discursion
Psychology