Author Question: One of potential problems in encouraging survey respondents to optimize their answers is that a. ... (Read 89 times)

fagboi · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

One of potential problems in encouraging survey respondents to optimize their answers is that

a. after optimizing for several answers, respondents get into the habit of acquiescing.
b. people may try to provide more detail than they can give accurately, so they introduce errors into their answers.
c. people often confuse optimizing and nondifferentiation.
d. satisficing typically works better for attitude questions than for memory questions.

Question 2

Attachment theory has been developed as a universally valid theory. Researchers studying the theory have discovered that

a. behaviors associated with attachment in one culture may be seen as appropriate but, in another culture, may be seen as inappropriate.
b. babies in the America and Europe show less secure attachment than babies in collectivist societies.
c. parents in most modern societies tend to view behaviors associated with attachment the same way.
d. the theory is valid across cultures because it has been studied to a great extent across many different cultures.