Exam 12: Within-Subjects Designs: Small N

Introduction Catherine randomly assigns two groups of 20 children to either watch violent cartoons or nonviolent cartoons.Observers rate the aggressiveness of their play following exposure to the cartoons.Catherine's study used the ____ approach.

Introduction Which of these do large N designs require?

ABA Designs Where does a reversal occur in an ABABA design?

Discrete Trials Designs Which of these statements describe a discrete trials design?

ABA Designs Which phase of the Hall et al A₁B₁A₂B₂A₃ study provided a postcheck on Jim's clothes-dropping?

ABA Designs Hall and colleagues (1971) used an ABABA design in his behavior modification study.This was a variation of the ____ design.

Multiple Baseline Design Which feature of the multiple baseline design differentiates it from an ABA design?

ABA Designs In behavior modification studies,

Changing Criterion Designs Select the design that does not use baselines.

Changing Criterion Designs Jeffrey is studying the effectiveness of behavioral modification in reducing Bucky Cat's antisocial behavior toward ferrets.Since it's unrealistic to expect Bucky's behavior to change all at once, Jeffrey attempts to modify it in increments.Which design would you recommend?

Statistics and Variability in Small N Designs Inferential statistical analysis of small N experiments requires

ABA Designs Kazdin (1992) argued that removing a treatment when it may be responsible for clinical improvement is ethically unacceptable.This means that researchers may have to sacrifice ____ for ethical reasons.

Small N Designs B.F.Skinner developed and extensively used the ____ design.

ABA Designs In an ABA design, the second "A" refers to

Small N Designs In a small N experiment, a researcher

Statistics and Variability in Small N Designs You should not attempt to analyze small N experiments using inferential tests with fewer than 50 measurements per condition because this could

ABA Designs During which phase of his A₁B₁A₂B₂A₃ study did Hall et al demonstrate a reversal in Jim's clothes-dropping?

ABA Designs An ABA design is often used in

ABA Designs Researchers choose not to return to baseline, even temporarily, in many ____ studies.

Small N Designs Small N designs are often employed in all of these areas of psychology except