Author Question: Discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of the correlational method versus the ... (Read 73 times)

nmorano1 · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of the correlational method versus the experimental method.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Which of the following statements best describes the main idea behind Harry Stack Sullivan's approach to personality?

A) A person's personality develops over an entire lifespan.
B) People need interaction with other people to develop fully.
C) Personality is inextricably tied to social situations.
D) A person's behavior varies with situational expectations.
E) All of these

macybarnes · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

CORRELATIONAL:
Advantages(1) May examine events that take place over longer time periods and are very elaborate; (2) May gain information about events in which experimental manipulation would be unethical.
DisadvantageCan say nothing about causal relationship between variables.
EXPERIMENTAL:
AdvantageAbility to demonstrate cause-and-effect relationship between variables.
Disadvantages(1) Some uncertainty about what it was in the manipulation that was important; (2) Experiments on humans are usually limited to phenomena of relatively short duration, under carefully controlled conditions; (3) Experimental relationships often have little to do with central issues of personality.

Answer to Question 2

E