Exam 11: Small N Designs

The device used to record behaviors in Skinner's operant conditioning experiments is called a(n)

What does it mean to say that a study fails the "individual-subject validity" test?

Describe what is meant by social validity.

In an A-B-C-B design, what is the "C?"

In the Dresslar study on facial vision, Dresslar and two colleagues served as subjects. How were the results handled?

In an A-A1-B-A1-B design,

A study by Flood et al. was designed to help ADHD school children stay on task. They used a(n) ______ design.

Multiple baseline designs are preferred over withdrawal designs when

Trying to change a behavior in more than one environment in the same study is the goal of a(n) _____ design.

A study by Wagaman et al. used a multiple baseline design to evaluate a program to help people reduce stuttering. The study is an example of baselines being established for

Pretend you are B. F. Skinner for a moment and you are asked to defend your system of psychology to someone with minimal knowledge of psychology. What would you say?

In the early years of experimental psychology, studies often used three or four participants. How were the data handled?

Describe how McMicken et al. used the case study method to evaluate boxer "AB."

Single-subject designs have several elements in common. Describe them.

The method used by Luria to study exceptional memory was the __________ method.

In an A-B-A design,

More than one type of treatment program can be examined in a(n) __________ design.

Compared to an A-B-A design, the A-B-A-B design

Using the distinction made by historian Laurence Smith, it is fair to characterize Skinner as representing which scientist type?

Every single-subject design includes each of the following elements except