In their research, scientists tend to focus on empirical questions, which can be answered

a. through either direct or indirect systematic observation.
b. by asking respected experts in a particular subject area.
c. by relying on one's "gut feeling" and personal knowledge of an area.
d. through logical thinking and reasoning.

a

Psychology

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The question "When will it happen again?" refers to which of the following goals in psychology?

a) description b) explanation c) prediction d) control

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If a person were to say that a scientific finding was replicated, he or she would be saying that the finding was:

a) accurate and truthful. b) capable of being consistently duplicated. c) not the result of correlation. d) parsimonious and straightforward.

Psychology