Question

Lauren, a social psychologist, hypothesizes that the best way for a young woman to increase the number of friends she has on a social networking site is to place a smiling display picture in her profile. Lauren wants to establish a cause-effect relationship between these two variables. In order to accomplish her objective, Lauren should use:________.

A. a survey
B. correlational research
C. experimental research
D. an interview

Answer 1

experimental research

Step-by-step explanation:

Experimental research it is the methodology in which a hypothesis is developed and then a specific set of steps(procedure) is carried out to corroborate or refute that hypothesis.

Here Lauren has developed an hypothesis that smiling display picture on social networking sites tends to increase number of friends. She wants to validate this hypothesis and hence experimental research is best suitable methodology here.