Professor Smith is conducting a research study on discrimination; however, he is afraid that if he tells subjects the true nature of his research they might provide a socially desirable response and skew his results
To minimize socially desired responses and skewed results Professor Smith may use ______.
a. deception
b. informed consent
c. an intuitional review board
d. a debriefing
A. Withholding the true intent of the research study from subjects would minimize socially desirable responses.
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a. examine ideas that other people accept at face value. b. are conformist. c. have high analytical intelligence. d. use convergent thinking.
An important contribution to the field of psychology resulting from Wilhelm Wundt founding his laboratory at the University of Leipzig in 1879 was
a. the rise of behaviorism's popularity and the decline of both structuralism and functionalism. b. recognizing 1879 as "the birthday of cognitive science." c. producing PhDs who later established psychology departments at other schools, including some in the United States. d. the first demonstration of the forgetting curve and the introduction of the reaction time paradigm.
According to Masters and Johnson, there are ____ phases in the sexual response cycle.
a. 10 b. 2 c. 6 d. 4
Which decision, to reject a null hypothesis or retain a null hypothesis, is associated with a finding that an outcome reached significance?
What will be an ideal response?