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Title: You are studying anxiety. Which of the following can you not directly observe?
Post by: supernumerary on Mar 19, 2018
You are studying anxiety. Which of the following can you not directly observe?
 
  a. heart rate
  b. nervousness
  c. sweaty palms
  d. self-report of anxiety

Question 2

Subjective experiences, the origin of the universe, and subatomic physics are all examples of phenomena that:
 
  a. cannot be directly measured.
  b. cannot be studied scientifically.
  c. are impossible to study using inferences.
  d. are based on superstition.

Question 3

In studying subjective experience, we assume that:
 
  a. subjective experience is a marker variable.
  b. subjective experience is directly observable.
  c. behavior and subjective experience are unrelated.
  d. behavior is a manifestation of what the subject is experiencing.

Question 4

Which of the following is not a measurable behavior?
 
  a. respiration rate
  b. daydreaming
  c. number of items recalled from a memorized list
  d. time taken to run 100 meters

Question 5

Psychologists seek to understand subjective experience through:
 
  a. replication.
  b. inference from behavior.
  c. common sense.
  d. direct observation.


Title: You are studying anxiety. Which of the following can you not directly observe?
Post by: leahx3 on Mar 19, 2018
Answer to q. 1

B

Answer to q. 2

A

Answer to q. 3

D

Answer to q. 4

B

Answer to q. 5

B