Jean seeks psychological help for her intense feelings of worthlessness. Her therapist confronts and challenges her feelings, arguing that it is a self-defeating way to think andis based on erroneous information about herself

When social psychologists observe something in everyday life that is interesting, how is such information useful in research?

a. It is used to prove hypotheses that were based on previous theory. b. It can stimulate researchers to develop a hypothesis and design studies to test it. c. It serves as information that can be used in theoretical debates about human behavior. d. It serves no good purpose beyond stirring up controversy.

Traditional psychoanalysis was

a. open-ended and required three to five therapy sessions a week, often for many years. b. found through research to only be effective in treating somatic symptom and dissociative disorders. c. too nondirective in its approach and placed too much responsibility on the client. d. characterized by all of these statements.