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chapter 02 quiz: the research enterprise in psychology
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a film director and a scientist want to study which elements make a movie scary. they show participants various film clips and measure \scariness\ by changes in participants heart rates or in how much they sweat. this study uses which of the following methods?

• psychological tests
• physiological recordings
• interviews
• direct observations

suppose you were developing a study to test whether older and younger people in your community have different attitudes toward a proposed new building. what data collection technique would likely be best to address this question?

• placebo study
• questionnaires
• physiological recordings
• introspection

Explanation:

For the first question: The study measures physical bodily responses (heart rate, sweating) which are physiological signals, so this matches physiological recordings.
For the second question: To compare attitudes of two age groups toward a building, questionnaires are a practical, efficient way to collect self-reported attitude data from a large group, which is the best fit here.

Answer:

1. Physiological recordings
2. Questionnaires