A leader of the humanistic movement in American psychology was ______.
a. Albert Ellis c. B. F. Skinner
b. Carl Rogers d. Albert Bandura
Question 2A random sample is a sample in which _______.
a. every member of a target population is chosen to be in the sample
b. members of the sample are chosen by chance from the general population, whether
or not they are members of the target population
c. every member of the target population has an equal chance of being chosen to be in
the experimental sample
d. members are prescreened to assure suitability for the study and are selected based
on researcher decisions
Question 3Humanistic psychology emerged as a major force in psychology in the ______ century.
a. late 19th c. mid-20th
b. early 20th d. late 20th
Question 4Jack conducts a study on drinking habits among college students. Since there are too
many college students for him to directly observe all of them, he randomly selects a
group of 250 college students to represent all college students.
Jack's study finds
that 90 percent of college students drink regularly, and 10 percent of those who drink will
eventually become alcoholics. In this study, the 250 people that Jack actually observes
represent the research _______.
a. cluster c. population
b. set d. sample
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