In the field of psychopathology, what is the most common use of the experiment?
a) evaluating the effects of therapies
b) discovering the causes of disorders
c) disconfirming the results of correlational studies
d) identifying third variables
a
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Professor Williams wants to know if "real" college students
exhibit the same kinds of behaviors in class that subjects who were paid to act like college students do. She decides to have someone come in once a week to her classes to record the types of nonverbal behaviors that students engage in while listening to her lectures. This would be an example of which kind of study? A) A formal experiment B) Naturalistic observation C) Case study D) Survey research