An experiment is an activity designed to test the validity of a hypothesis often involves manipulating as many variables as possible does not need to be repeated if well designed involves only collection of quantitative data is designed to generate new scientific hypothesis

The social contact theory states that

If we can't separate our civilized self from our savage self which will take over and why

According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research with human subjects? a researcher conducts a comparison of the comments made in a publicly available blog and the blogger's comments on a similar topic in a weekly magazine. undergraduate students in a field methods class are assigned a research question and asked to interview another classmate, to be followed by a class discussion on interview techniques. a cognitive psychologist enrolls undergraduate students for a computer-based study about the effect of mood on problem-solving behaviors. a researcher sets up a meeting with the superintendent of a large and diverse public school system to get data about the ethnic composition of the school system and the number of students receiving free lunches.