What three strategies can researchers employ to keep participants from picking up on clues about what an experiment is about?

What will be an ideal response?


(a) The experimenter can use automated procedures as much as possible so the setting is standard for all participants, regardless of condition.
(b) The experimenter can create a cover story that may convey the actual purpose of the study or, if necessary, that hides the true purpose behind a plausible cover.
(c)) The experimenter can use a single or double blind study to keep the experimenter and the participant from conveying information inappropriately.

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a. total exports plus total imports. b. total imports minus total exports. c. total imports plus total exports. d. total exports minus total imports.

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In 2018, Fidel Castro stepped down as president of Cuba. He was replaced by ______.

a. Augusto Pinochet b. Che Guevara c. Raul Castro d. Nicolas Maduro

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Evaluate same-sex marriage from a conservative perspective and from a liberal perspective. Would conservative and social conservative viewpoints be the same? Why or why not?

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following is one of the views held by James Madison?

A) People are ideally good. B) People need some form of government. C) Monarchy is the best form of government. D) A society should be ruled by religious leaders. E) Dictatorship is the best form of government.

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