Why do researchers in the area of mental imagery need to be concerned about experimenter expectancy?
a. Experimenters might somehow convey their hypotheses to the participants.
b. Experimenters typically expect participants to perform very well on imagery tasks.
c. When experimenters expect a certain outcome in their research, the participants unconsciously produce results that contradict this expectancy.
d. Experimenter expectancy typically increases the magnitude of individual differences.
Ans: a
You might also like to view...
Peaking in the 1950s, psychoanalysis was more effective in treating ____ than ____.
A. less serious disorders; more serious disorders B. males; females C. middle-class patients; lower-class patients D. psychosis; neurosis
With Gestalt therapy:
a. irrational beliefs are challenged directly through aggressive confrontation b. clients are encouraged to identify negative forms of thinking for themselves c. clients are actively encouraged to express their current feelings openly d. all of these choices
During the first month of a child's life, crying:
a. is highly specific. c. is non-distinct. b. is activated by the vocal tract. d. serves no useful purpose.
A character in a movie was given a prescription for an anticonvulsant by a psychiatrist. Although the movie has yet to reveal the character's specific psychological disorder, based on the prescription you believe he suffers from
a) schizophrenia. b) rapid-cycling bipolar disorder. c) panic disorder. d) somatoform disorder.