346) List five characteristics of an ideal scientist. ” 347) Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” How would you frame this question in clear and concrete terms? Specify an operational definition for the major terms. 348) Explain the purpose and process of peer review. 349) Norman Cousins wrote a bestseller explaining how humour and vitamins cured him of a life-threatening disease. What rule of science did he violate? 350) Dr. Benjamin Rush treated yellow fever by bloodletting. He attributed each recovery to the bloodletting and each death to the severity of the yellow fever. What rule of science did he violate? 351) Think of a topic in psychology (from Chapter 1 from your own experience or from the media) that interests you. Write a hypothesis regarding this topic and explain what research method you would use in order to investigate the topic. 352) The first major challenge facing any researcher is to obtain a representative sample for study. Why is this so important? Give an example. 353) In what circumstances is a psychological case study informative?
