RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
THE NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dr. Karima conducts basic research on the relative effectiveness of massed practice and spaced practice on a person’s ability to remember information.
Detailed explanation-2: -Veenstra conducts basic research on the impact of racial prejudice on behavior.
Detailed explanation-3: -Functionalism and Evolutionary Psychology James and the other members of the functionalist school (Figure 1.5) were influenced by Charles Darwin’s (1809-1882) theory of natural selection, which proposed that the physical characteristics of animals and humans evolved because they were useful, or functional.
Detailed explanation-4: -For this reason, Binet developed the first modern intelligence test, the Binet-Simon Scale, in 1905. His intelligence scales have since inspired and influenced the development of intelligence tests across America and Europe [3, 7].