Discuss maturation and how it impacts research studies. Please provide examples.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Answers vary
Answers should include some of the following points:
• Maturation: natural changes that occur to the participants during the course of a study that can result in bias.
• This can include actual maturation, as in developmental studies where individuals are observed at different ages, or other types of changes that occur to individuals over a period of time.
For example, in the study described above to test several treatments for depression, suppose there are two groups of depressed participants: one group receives a drug therapy for 12 weeks, whereas the other group receives a talk therapy for 12 weeks. Suppose also that both groups showed the same amount of improvement over the 12-week period in their symptoms of depression. One possible interpretation of these data is that both treatments are equally effective in improving symptoms of depression. However, another possible interpretation of these data is that symptoms of depression improve on their own without treatment (e.g., participants may become more hopeful about their lives if they know they are being treated) and that neither treatment is actually effective.
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