In U.S. culture, adults in their early 20s are expected to marry, start families, establish themselves in their jobs or careers, and settle into separate households; 45-year-olds are expected to be launching their children into independence, to be reachin

Dr. Ronsoni carries out a study where he takes a group of depressed patients and runs them through a reaction-time task under laboratory conditions

He compares the performance of this group with the performance of a control group of college students from the local university. What type of study is he conducting? a. Correlational study b. Descriptive study c. Nonequivalent control group study d. Naturalistic observational study

A journal article title should be

a. long, describing the variables and the most significant result. b. short, but giving some idea of the contents of the article. c. composed of a title and several subtitles corresponding to the method, results, and discussion sections. d. vague and uninformative.