Chp- 8

Question 0

What does Constancy of Conditions mean?

Answer 0

Means that all aspects of treatment conditions are as similar as possible.

Question 1

_____ _____ are aspects of the testing condition that need to be controlled.

Answer 1

Physical Variables

Question 2

What do we do if we can not eliminate an extraneous variable?

Answer 2

we balance it.

Question 3

_____is distributing the effects of an extraneous variable across the different treatment conditions.

Answer 3

Balancing

Question 4

______is used when participants receive more than 1 treatment. This reduces the number of participants needed in your study to find a significant result.

Answer 4

Counterbalancing

Question 5

Qualities of the relationship between the experimenter and the participant (social variables) must also be what?

Answer 5

controlled

Question 6

Aspects of the experimental situation that cause participants to behave in a particular way is called?

Answer 6

Demand Characteristics

Question 7

______ _______ is when the researcher does something that creates confounding in a study.

Answer 7

Experimenter bias

Question 8

What is a double-blind study?

Answer 8

A double-blind study is where the participant and observer are unaware of what treatment is being administered

Question 9

_______ _______ are those that come about from the procedures created by the environment, or context of the research setting.

Answer 9

Context Variables

Question 10

______ ________ – if more time is given to participants who have gone through a particular treatment or condition.

Answer 10

Rosenthal effect

Question 11

These 2 social variables can be controlled through single- and double-blind experiments.

Answer 11

Demand characteristics

Experimenter Bias

Question 12

What is the tendency of research participants to respond in a way that will be viewed favorably by others?

Answer 12

•Social desirability