Ms. Glad, a third-grade teacher, is trying to reduce Joseph's and Jacob's out of seat behavior.. Which research design is she most likely to use?
a. ABAB
b. multiple-baseline across behaviors
c. multiple-baseline across subjects
d. multiple-baseline across situations
Only one pretest-posttest score pair reflects the treated group in the ____ design.
a. RD
b. RPD
c. NEGD
d. ANCOVA
Orne and Evans (1965) showed that behavioral compliance effects believed to occur only under hypnosis
a. were not observed with control participants.
b. were probably due to demand characteristics.
c. could not be replicated.
d. could be attributed to the degree of hypnotic susceptibility among the participants.
A multiple-baseline across behaviors design consists of ____ baseline phase(s) and ____ treatment phase(s) for each behavior.
a. one;one
b. one;two
c. two;one
d. two;two
In the regression discontinuity analysis model, the pretest is adjusted by ____.
a. subtracting the cutoff
b. multiplying by the reliability estimate
c. multiplying by
d. subtracting zo
One technique in psychological experiments is to keep the experimenter from knowing the research hypothesis or the experimental condition of the participants currently being tested. This technique helps to prevent the problem of
a. demand characteristics.
b. experimenter bias.
c. placebo effects.
d. carryover effects.
In a graph of the results from multiple-baseline design using two participants, which feature justifies a conclusion that the treatment causes changes in behavior?
a. the size of the change in behavior each time the treatment is introduced
b. the time delay between the introduction of the treatment and the first change in behavior for each participant
c. the return to baseline behavior when the treatment is withdrawn for both participants
d. demonstrating that the same change in behavior occurs when the treatment is introduced at different times for the participants
In GLM equations, the letter z stands for the ____.
a. outcome score
b. error
c. dummy variable
d. predictor score
Which of the following is NOT a source of experimenter bias?
a. interacting with different groups of participants in different ways
b. nonverbal communication
c. deliberately faking the data
d. individual differences in ability among the participants
In a multiple-baseline design, two different baseline phases ____.
a. are started simultaneously but ended at different times
b. are started at different times but ended simultaneously
c. are started at the same time and ended at the same time
d. can be started and ended at completely different times
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