Author Question: Identify three different approaches that researchers can use to study stress. What will be an ... (Read 138 times)

nummyann · **on:** Jul 13, 2018

Identify three different approaches that researchers can use to study stress.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

How can researchers maximize the likelihood of getting good answers to sensitive questions?

What will be an ideal response?

Swizqar · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 13, 2018

Answer to Question 1

a. researchers could bring people to a lab, induce stress, and see how behaviors change
b. some researchers have induced stress in animals to see if behaviors change
c. researchers have used questionnaires to see the relationship between stress levels and experiences in participants' lives
d. researchers with a biological framework could investigate changes in hormonal levels or other autonomic processes

Answer to Question 2

Researchers increase the validity of answers to sensitive questions by guaranteeing anonymity and confidentiality, using surveyors with similar demographic characteristics as respondents, and creating forced choice questions rather than using open-ended questions.