What special problems do the social sciences face, in comparison with natural sciences, such as physics or biology? How do social scientists attempt to deal with those problems?
What will be an ideal response?
Biases influence conclusions; subjects are prone to tell researchers what they want to hear or refuse to participate in the study; researchers must be concerned about how they treat their subjects throughout their studies.
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A) Differences between psychopathological populations. B) The effects of treatment on psychological problems. C) Any behavior of any kind of participant in a relatively unconstrained setting. D) Either A or B
Some liberalists have argued that introducing communication to the Prisoner's Dilemma in the form of a lawyer who can relay messages between both prisoners could change the payoff matrix in favor of cooperation. Applied to international relations, who or what could play the role of the "lawyer"?
A. a local neighborhood organization B. a superpower such as the United States C. a regional organization such as the South Asian Association D. an individual such as a military officer