Exam 15: More About Other Specialized Designs

In longitudinal within-subjects variable design each participant experiences ______ of the independent variable.

The example of ______ is not a use of a small-n design.

Describe the primary sources of bias present in longitudinal designs.

A cohort-sequential design handles some of the sources of bias present in other developmental designs by ______.

Increasing the length of time between the last baseline measurement and the first intervention measurement is an effective way to decrease the likelihood of history influencing participants' scores.

Describe the primary source of bias present in cross-sectional designs.

In small-n designs, participants' experiences in the treatment condition can affect their later behavior in a second baseline condition that follows the treatment condition.

The ______ designs are typically used to study very basic behaviors (e.g., sensory processes, learning processes), where the behaviors being measured should be very similar from person to person, and for studies where the goal is to tailor a treatment to a specific person.

A psychologist measures a student's disruptive behavior to determine the behavior rate that currently exists. This is an example of ______.

Explain why small-n designs are also experiments.

A researcher measured behavior before a treatment is implemented to compare with the behavior after the treatment has been implemented, is a ______.

The goal of a small-n study is to understand an individual's behavior, either to better describe the behavior as it occurs for many individuals or in order to change that behavior.

A primary disadvantage of a longitudinal design is ______.

Discuss data analysis in small-n designs.

A basic behavioral processes study such as the way that information is forgotten in memory is an example of ______ design.

In a small-n design, a researcher is typically testing a theory about how a behavior works for most individuals or testing a treatment for a problematic behavior of an individual or group of individuals.

The ______ design is often preferable to either a longitudinal or a cross-sectional design.

Small-n designs are sometimes called ______ designs.

What is discrete trials design and explain how it has been important historically in psychological research.

Mathematical description of behavior is often a common goal of ______ designs, which is possible with the large number of measurements collected of basic behaviors.