A researcher wants to study if being stuck in a construction zone on the highway will make people more impatient in their driving once they leave the highway. He sets up a camera near an intersection just off the highway and measures how many cars previously stopped on the highway by construction run the yellow or red light at the intersection. This study is an example of a __________.

A) case study
B) survey
C) true experiment
D) naturalistic observation

Ans: D)  naturalistic observation

Psychology

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In the research of Wiseman, et al., which is the main study reported in the article Psychics and Scientists, the

day of the study, how did the participants feel about their performance? (a) psychics and non-psychics both thought they had done well (b) psychics and non-psychics both thought they had done poorly (c) only non- psychics thought they had done well (d) only psychics thought they had done well

Psychology

Ethel is having difficulty recalling everyday experiences. Ethel is experiencing __________ memory loss

A) remote B) episodic C) implicit D) associative

Psychology