A major drawback of the ABAB reversal design lies in
A) the length of time it takes to complete all of the treatment conditions.
B) the fact that there are limits to generalizability of results to other cases.
C) its limited use with adults and developmentally disabled persons.
D) the problem of determining accurate baselines for behaviors targeted for treatment.
B
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Peggy Blake and her colleagues constructed a scale of "life-change units" to measure the impact of life changes among college students. Surveys with students revealed that:
A) they considered unwanted pregnancy to be less stressful than major financial problems. B) they considered academic failures to be more stressful than the beginning of college. C) 100 percent of them considered graduating from college a stress-free event. D) some of them considered academic success to be stressful.
When the exact purpose of an experiment is explained to a study participant after the experimental session, it is a(n):
a. experiment. b. debriefing. c. consent form. d. uninformed consent form.
Sensation consists of __________, and perception consists of __________.
A. responding to changes in stimuli; adapting to a non-changing stimulus B. adapting to a non-changing stimulus; responding to changes in stimuli C. collecting raw information through the senses; interpreting environmental information using knowledge, experience, and understanding of the world. D. interpreting environmental information; collecting raw information about the environment
Clementine is using MRI and PET scans to better understand the neural activity that occurs when a person is asked to drive while simultaneously talking on a cell phone. Clementine is most likely conducting a study of
A. attention. B. retinal disparity. C. motion parallax. D. looming.