Psychology Experiment

What is essential for drawing valid conclusions from experimental data?

• Random assignment

• Measurement and data analysis

• Controlled conditions

• Manipulation of variables

counterbalancing is used to overcome order effects in a repeated measures design

• true

• false

the absence of the experimental variable

• control condition

• extraneous variable

• order effects

• participant variable

How can demand characteristics affect experimental research?

• They ensure that participants are well-informed about the experiment.

• They reduce the cost of conducting the experiment.

• They may lead to participants altering their behavior, resulting in biased results.

• They increase the generalizability of the findings.

What does Hofling's hospital study on obedience demonstrate?

• The influence of authority figures on medical staff's behavior

• The impact of demand characteristics on experiments

• The effectiveness of field experiments in authentic settings

• The role of confounding factors in experimental design

What does experimental research allow researchers to establish?

• Correlations between subjective opinions

• Cause-and-effect relationships between variables

• Historical timelines of events

• Statistical significance of random samples

Field experiments are considered to have a more authentic representation of individual behavior for which of the following reasons?

• They are conducted in artificial settings.

• They are less likely to suffer from artificiality compared to lab experiments.

• They have a reduced impact of ecological validity.

• They are more likely to suffer from demand characteristics.

What are "Demand Characteristics" in the context of lab experiments?

• The financial costs associated with conducting the experiment

• The requirements set by the laboratory for conducting research

• Participants altering their behavior based on cues from the experiment

• The characteristics of the experiment that demand attention

What ensures unbiased participant grouping for accurate results in experimental research?

• Random assignment

• Measurement and data analysis

• Controlled conditions

• Manipulation of variables

What is a hypothesis in the context of a psychology experiment?

• A detailed report of the experiment

• A prediction about the relationship between variables

• A summary of the data collected

• A list of all the materials used