One of your friends is writing a research paper and wants to obtain information about the depth of personal information people typically reveal during a first date. Directly observing a large number of people during a first date will be difficult, so your friend asks for your advice on the best way to collect this type of data. The best suggestion would be for your friend to use

The _____ area in the brain acts as a final "switching station" for most incoming sensory information

a. superior colliculus b. reticular formation c. autonomic nervous system d. thalamus e. medulla

The notion that quality of life is a subjective experience assumes that a. patients may providethe most valid assessments of their quality of life

b. psychosocial and economic factors must be considered instead of measures of physiological functioning. c. reliable and valid measures will never be developed. d. quality of life is independent of changes in chronic illness and its treatment.