Sodium nitrate results in a taste of _____.
A) sweet only
B) sweet and sour, but not bitter
C) a combination of sour and bitter only
D) a combination of salty, sour, and bitter
Which of the following three approaches are used to reduce the amount of data that needs to be recorded in naturalistic observation?
a. Time, event, and behavioral sampling
b. Time, behavioral, and individual sampling
c. Behavioral, event, and time sampling
d. Time, individual, and event sampling
A fifth basic taste discovered many years after the other four is _____.
A) referred to as salty-sweet
B) described as bittersweet
C) described as putrid
D) referred to as umami
Joe decides to study how insects behave in their everyday life. He watches some ladybugs in his back yard, and codes whether they are either living alone, living in groups, or living in pairs. Joe's observational system is based on the use of which of the following?
a. Archival data
b. Content coding
c. Behavioral categories
d. Case analysis
_____ tastes cause an autonomic acceptance response and prepares the gastrointestinal tract for these substances.
A) Bitter
B) Sweet
C) Sour
D) Umami
Which of the following is the best method of increasing the reliability of naturalistic observations ?
a. Increase the number of raters
b. Increase the time period under study
c. Increase the number of individuals who are sampled
d. Reduce the number of events that are sampled
The life-span of olfactory receptors in humans is _____.
A) one day
B) five to seven weeks
C) seven years
D) 60 years
Event sampling, individual sampling, and time sampling are all used in
a. systematic observation.
b. behavioral categorization.
c. case studies.
d. archival research.
The senses of _____ are referred to as the gatekeepers.
A) olfaction and taste
B) kinethesis and proprioception
C) vision and olfaction
D) vision and proprioception
Tim wants to study aggression in children on a school playground. He decides to look for hitting, kicking, and biting. In this design, hitting, kicking, and biting can be considered as
a. aggressive categories.
b. sampled categories.
c. person categories.
d. behavioral categories.
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