Author Question: Much like the distinction between applied versus basic research, it is best to think of mundane ... (Read 62 times)

Coya19@aol.com · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Much like the distinction between applied versus basic research, it is best to think of mundane realism and experimental realism as

a. separate and distinct categories of research.
b. irrelevant issues that have no place in the field of psychology.
c. research that is done in order to make money.
d. ends of a continuum rather than a pair of separate and distinct categories.

Question 2

Darley and Latan (1968) conducted a classic study in order to investigate the degree to which people were willing to assist one another in times of crisis.

In their study, they had participants in separate rooms talking to one another on an intercom system when, suddenly, one of the experimenter's associates faked having a seizure episode. Darley and Latan were interested in how long it would take the various subjects to seek help. This study appears to have a __________ degree of mundane realism, and a __________ degree of experimental realism.

a. high; high
b. high; low
c. low; high
d. low; low