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

In the "bug-killing paradigm" researchers found that:

_____ is a counterbalancing strategy where each experimental condition appears at every position in the sequence order equally often.

Rochelle wants to survey patients who were seen at the Emergency Room within the last five years to determine their level of satisfaction with services provided. However, Rochelle is hesitant to include patients from so long ago as their recollections may not be accurate. Rochelle is mainly concerned about:

A 2007 exploratory study examining reality TV show appeal found that:

Arun reminds his research methods students that in all between-subjects research studies, _____ assessed at different times and in different experimental conditions.

The authors discuss and implement a study in the text examining self-esteem and schadenfreude after participants watch three reality TV shows. A _____ was conducted to determine whether the research participants' schadenfreude scale scores significantly differed after watching the identified reality TV shows.

Benedict is interested in evaluating whether participants' anxiety scores significantly differ across the seasons (fall, winter, spring, and summer). Benedict would use _____ to test this research question.

In a 2013 study examining the role of deservingness and emotions in relation to schadenfreude, or enjoyment gained from watching others struggle, researchers used vignettes describing college students from the same or different colleges who either deserved or did not deserve their academic success and who were then rejected from an honors program. The results indicated that:

In a 2012 study examining how personal self-evaluation and classification of feedback are related to the experience of schadenfreude, researchers found that:

_____ is a threat to internal validity due to changes in how a variable is measured during the course of an experiment.

A seventh-grade world cultures class visited New York City on September 11, 2000, and then completed a survey regarding their mood, interest in the city, and cultural differences between the United States and the Middle East. The next year the following seventh grade class visited New York City on September 11, 2001. The students were present during the September 11^th attacks and witnessed all of the chaos and terror in the city. When the students safely made it back to school they were asked to complete the same surveys that the students of the previous year did. When considering the data from the 2001 seventh-grade class what should the teacher be most concerned with?

The sensitization effect increases the likelihood of:

_____, also known as attrition, is the differential dropping out of participants from a study.

Which of the following individuals is using a behavioral diary approach to their mental health treatment?

Extra credit for participation in research studies on college campuses is very common. Dr. Lawrence carried out several studies earlier in the year that helped develop the current studies she is conducting. Many of the participants in her current study were a part of the studies earlier in the year. She was very surprised to see how enthusiastic participants were in current assessment. It appears that exposure to the previous assessment changed the participants reaction to the current assessment. This is most likely due to:

Which of the following is the most accurate statement regarding longitudinal research designs?

Toni decided to volunteer to help monitor and supervise the _____ during her sophomore year so the professor did not have to worry about who would receive extra credit for volunteering for research.

_____ refers to the exposure to earlier experimental conditions, which can influence responses on subsequent experimental conditions.

(Scenario I) The researchers of the study described in Scenario I counterbalanced the design so that half the participants received a solid eight hours of sleep first and the other half received interrupted sleep first. They did this to reduce which order effect?

_____ is a threat to internal validity due to an external event that can potentially influence participants' behavior during an experiment.