Whenever it is the case that a subject's behavior exhibits an increasing/decreasing trend or excessive variability during the baseline phase, researchers should consider delaying the start of the intervention and
a. collecting additional baseline data.
b. terminating the study.
c. opting for a traditional experimental approach.
d. carrying out an inferential analysis that can weed out the additional variability.
a
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a. escape learning. b. avoidance learning. c. an unconditioned response. d. positive reinforcement.
For a sample with a mean of M = 50 and a standard deviation of s = 10, a z-score of z = +2.00 corresponds to X = 70
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Pain is to ____ as paralysis and absence of pain are to ____
a. functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion disorder); somatic symptom disorder with predominant pain (pain disorder) b. functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion disorder); illness anxiety disorder c. somatic symptom disorder with predominant pain (pain disorder); functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion disorder) d. somatic symptom disorder with predominant pain (pain disorder); illness anxiety disorder
How are the terms demand characteristics and experimenter expectancy related to each other?
a. When experimenters clearly prefer participants who have certain cognitive characteristics, the experimenters expect them to perform especially well. b. If the participants are especially demanding or difficult, the experimenter tends to have lower expectations about their performance. c. It is unethical for an experimenter to have certain expectations, just as it is unethical for participants to make demand characteristics. d. The experimenter's expectancy about a study's results may be one kind of demand characteristic.