What is the advantage of a field study over a laboratory study?

Dr. Sharma wants to study the extent to which stress is related to suicidal ideation in people who suffer from depression. She gathers information about the level of stress, depressive symptoms, and suicidal thoughts a set of participants experience the day after they attend the funeral of a loved one. Because this study is assessing people under conditions that are not typical of everyday life, it is lacking in __________ validity.

Artrelle is taking part in a research study that examines her thoughts on the political election taking place in her country. Each night, before bed, she is to complete a questionnaire that gathers information on these topics. She submits her completed questionnaires to the researchers at the end of each week. What type of research method is being used?

The degree to which a study finding has been obtained under conditions that are typical for what happens in everyday life is called ___________.

Dru is reading about the different types of research. If he reads, "This type of research has the primary advantage of allowing a scientist to determine cause and effect relationships," what kind of research method is he studying?

Dr. Fikshunal is interested in how our bodies respond to being excluded from a group. Therefore, she decides to monitor the heart rate and cortisol levels of participants as they engage in their environment and indicate experiences when they felt ostracized. In this scenario, Dr. Fikshunal is:

The development of _________ has provided a new level of advantage for gathering information from research participants at specific times, often randomly selected, throughout a given day.

The degree to which a study allows unambiguous causal inferences has ________.

When researchers take special care to include and control for every possible variable, the study is likely to have high ___________, even though the results may not generalize to a more realistic situation.

Dr. Tylka is conducting research about the risk of developing eating disorders in adolescent boys. She concludes that her findings apply not only to the sample of high school boys she studied, but to other males in other settings and contexts. In this regard, Dr. Tylka is stating that her findings have high __________ validity.

According to "History of Neuroscience" page, who discovered myelinating glial cells in the peripheral nervous system?

According to "History of Neuroscience" page, ______ sued Golgi's method of staining a few neurons to discover that they were not attached but were in close proximity. This space is known today as the synapse.

According to the article on "What is Biopsychology", which early philosopher suggested that our thoughts and feelings originated from the heart?

According to "History of Neuroscience" page, ________ studies intelligence and learning. He showed that pathways that are exercised, strengthen and their connection become strong as learning is taking place. This concept is behind the saying: "Neurons that fire together wire together".

  

Dr. Jackson is interested in researching what parts of the brain we use when we are thinking about and solving a problem. According to the article on "What is Biopsychology", which of the following careers is Dr. Jackson's specialty?

According to the article on "What is Biopsychology", which of the following careers specializes in looking at the behaviors of different animals and comparing them to each other and to humans?

  

Dr. Johnson 's patient is suffering from Bipolar Disorder. Dr. Johnson is interested in the neural aspect of this disorder. So he begins to do research on the neurochemistry, hormonal imbalance and brain structure of patients with this disorder in order to understand and treat his patient.