Laura conducts a study to determine whether her new "puppet" therapy works better than the traditional "talking" therapy. After randomly assigning her own patients to either the "puppet" or "talking" group, Laura herself administers the therapy. This study’s most obvious flaw is ____.?

a. ?random variables
b. ?experimenter bias
c. ?the placebo effect
d. ?participant expectations


Answer: b. ?experimenter bias

Psychology

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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A Skinner box is most likely to be used in research on __________

a) classical conditioning. b) operant conditioning. c) vicarious learning. d) cognitive learning.

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This report highlighted the social psychological factors that contributed to creating an abusive environment at Abu Ghraib Prison:

a. The Singenbaum Report b. The Schlesinger Report c. The Schneidman Report d. The Zimmerman Report e. The Zimbardo Report

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A. They have lower mental activity than their observable behavior suggests. B. They show signs of intentional behavior, but they cannot communicate. C. They do not intentionally track a person with their eyes. D. They show behavioral response to the world around them even though their eyes are closed.

Psychology