To guard against participant expectations biasing the results of an experiment, the experimenter may
A. try to disguise the true purpose of the experiment.
B. encourage participants to interact with previous participants of the experiment.
C. restrict interaction between participants and experimenters.
D. transmit cues to participants about how to behave during the experiment.
Answer: A
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A) spontaneous recovery. B) extinction. C) generalization. D) second-order conditioning.
As she studies her physics textbook, Marilyn wants to make sure that she remembers that sound intensity is measured in units called decibels and that each decibel is one-tenth of a bel, which is a unit named after Alexander Graham Bell. Marilyn creates a visual image of ten little elf-like Bell figures trying to turn up the volume of a huge stereo. Her strategy is called ________
a. confabulation. b. priming. c. maintenance rehearsal. d. a mnemonic.
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a. anxiety about our arousal levels. c. social facilitation. b. concern about what others think of us. d. all of these.
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a) The number of subjects run b) The strength of the methodology c) The results that were found d) The magnitude of the effect