What social threat to internal validity occurs when the comparison group knows what the program group is getting, and instead of developing a rivalry, control group members become discouraged or angry and give up?
a. diffusion of treatment
b. compensatory rivalry
c. resentful demoralization
d. compensatory equalization
In the ABA design, the B is the
a. discriminative stimulus.
b. matched group.
c. baseline.
d. condition after therapy.
Describe the fundamental flaw that prevents a nonequivalent group design from being a true experiment. (That is, why can't these designs produce an unambiguous cause-and-effect explanation?) Explain how the pretest scores in a pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group design help reduce this problem.
What will be an ideal response?
What social threat to internal validity occurs when the control group is given a program or treatment (usually by a well-meaning third party) designed to make up for the treatment the program group receives?
a. diffusion of treatment
b. compensatory rivalry
c. resentful demoralization
d. compensatory equalization
When they are instructed to respond as quickly as possible, the error rate of participants may increase.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Distinguish nonexperimental designs from quasi-experimental designs.
What will be an ideal response?
What social threat to internal validity occurs when one group knows about the program another group is receiving and, because of that, develops a competitive attitude with the other group?
a. diffusion of treatment
b. compensatory rivalry
c. resentful demoralization
d. compensatory equalization
Stimulus onset asynchrony is a dependent variable.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Describe the similarities and differences between experiments and nonexperiments or quasi-experiments.
What will be an ideal response?
What social threat to internal validity occurs because a comparison group learns about the program either directly or indirectly from program group participants?
a. diffusion of treatment
b. compensatory rivalry
c. resentful demoralization
d. compensatory equalization
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