(1) Why should you care about psychologists' research methods? (2)There are at least two good reasons.
(3) First, having a good grasp of these methods will enhance your ability to understand the information
you will be reading in the rest of this book, all of which is based on research. (4) Second, becoming
familiar with the logic of the empirical approach will improve your ability to think critically about claims
concerning behavior. (5) This ability is important because you are exposed to such claimsin
conversations with friends, in advertising, in the news medianearly every day. (6) Learning how to
evaluate the basis of these claims can make you a more skilled consumer of psychological information.
Sentence 7 is a
a. main idea.
b. major detail.
c. minor detail.
Question 2
(1) Why should you care about psychologists' research methods? (2)There are at least two good reasons.
(3) First, having a good grasp of these methods will enhance your ability to understand the information
you will be reading in the rest of this book, all of which is based on research. (4) Second, becoming
familiar with the logic of the empirical approach will improve your ability to think critically about claims
concerning behavior. (5) This ability is important because you are exposed to such claimsin
conversations with friends, in advertising, in the news medianearly every day. (6) Learning how to
evaluate the basis of these claims can make you a more skilled consumer of psychological information.
Sentence 6 is a
a. main idea.
b. major detail.
c. minor detail.