What is reactivity and why is it a concern when using behavioral measures?
What will be an ideal response?
Reactivity is a possible reaction by participants in which they act unnaturally because they know they are being observed. It is obviously a concern when taking behavioral measure because these measures involve carefully observing and recording behavior.
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When the "teachers" in Milgram's obedience study followed orders to shock someone, which of the following was NOT one of the reasons for their obedience?
a. The teachers saw themselves as the researcher's assistants. b. The teachers knew they were not really hurting someone. c. The experimenter accepted responsibility. d. The shocks started small and progressed slowly.
A design in which at least two nonequivalent groups are measured both before and after treatment is a(n) _____ design
a. experimental b. correlational c. nonequivalent control group posttest-only d. nonequivalent control group pretest/posttest
Which of the following is considered a weakness of trait theory?
a. ?It oversimplifies human variability in describing all people on the basis of a small number of dimensions. b. ?It has not contributed any kind of practical or benefit to the study of personality. c. ?It has not generated any additional theories or questions to research. d. ?It does not provide psychologists with a common framework or language to study personality.
The gland that is often referred to as the "master gland" is the
a. hypothalamus. c. thyroid gland. b. adrenal gland. d. pituitary gland.