Experimenters may believe that a certain kind of treatment is effective. Consequently, experimenter expectations can bias research outcomes. One way to control for experimenter and participant bias is to
a. be sure they understand ethics.
b. debrief them.
c. remind them of the importance of the research.
d. use the double-blind technique.
D
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To help us make sense out of sensations, our brain creates our perceptions by using preexisting knowledge such as
a. transduction and feature detectors. b. sensory coding and sensory localization. c. the principles of perceptual grouping and perceptual constancies. d. the principle of accommodation and psi phenomena.
The scientist-practitioner model of training is characterized by
A. a joint emphasis on practice and research. B. an emphasis on research over practice. C. an emphasis on practice over research. D. a combined emphasis on practice, research, and psychopharmacology.
Loftus and others have found that people constantly update and revise their memories of events, adding information to a memory that occurred later even when that information is in error.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Correlational studies
A) ?cannot indicate cause and effect. B) ?are a type of experimental design. C) ?cannot be used in psychological research. D) ?cannot be used in epidemiological research.