Exam 10: Within-Subjects Design: Can Watching Reality Tv Shows Be Good for Us

Which of the following is an advantage of within-subjects designs?

Dr. Clarks emphasizes that longitudinal studies are considered within-subjects design because:

Unlike between-subjects designs, within-subjects designs use:

A current issue in the mental health community is the change from DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5 in 2013. As a result, many diagnoses and questionnaires are no longer applicable. Many studies that were ongoing had to change their diagnostic labels as well as the way they were measuring constructs among participants. This is an example of:

_____ is a threat to the internal validity of a study because participants' scores may change on subsequent measurements simply because of increased familiarity.

Which of the following best addresses the nature of the threat to internal validity that is caused by testing effects?

Randall is interested in using his psychology classmates to test various brand name and off-brand cereals for his marketing class. He has approximately 75 people in his class. Which type of design is Randall using?

_____ is the differential dropping out of participants from a study.

Physical activity research has become more popular over the years. One researcher wanted to examine cognitive abilities at different points in a triathlon competition. He had 10 different participants that he and his assistants monitored during the swimming, biking, and running portions of the triathlon. The total time to completion was approximately 12 hours. The researcher should be most concerned with _____ when reviewing his data.

Which of the following is NOT a solution to the threat of carryover effect?

(Scenario I) The study described in Scenario I required participants to volunteer two nights of sleep. What might the researchers have done to minimize the attrition rate?

The _____ is a deterioration in measurements due to participants becoming tired, less attentive, or careless during the course of the study.

Dr. Klein implemented a study examining sleep patterns and mood in various environments. Participants in his study were asked to sleep in six distinct conditions: room temperature between 50 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit; room temperature between 61 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit; room temperature between 71 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit; room temperature between 81 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit; room temperature between 91 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and room temperature between 101 and 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Dr. Klein immediately began collecting data during the first experimental condition and continued to assess participants' sleep patterns and subsequent mood for each temperature condition. Dr. Klein is conducting a:

Eun Lee is currently the educator for the special education classroom in a local elementary school. She has recently been awarded a grant to test the efficacy of using a computer software program to increase the students' verbalizations and reading comprehension. Eun Lee decides to include an initial assessment and monitor the students after each module is completed on the computer program. Eun Lee is using a:

Coach Hardy tracks his swimmers' speed and distance after using various coaching techniques. Coach Hardy records how fast each swimmer is and how far they swam after he provides praise, after he provides negative feedback, and after he provides a "prize." Coach Hardy has set up the framework for a research study with which type of design?

Which type of scale was used for the schadenfreude scale used in the study described throughout the chapter?

Dr. Hayes lectured on the differences between within-subjects designs and between-subjects designs and noted that a within-subjects design enhances the power of studies because:

Why is a longitudinal design considered a within-subjects design?

Which of the following is an advantage of within-subjects designs?

The process of using behavioral diaries is similar to which other type of research design?