Chapter 6

Threats to external validity

Are related to the artificiality of the experimental condition

According to the Mischel, et. al., (1972) article which combination of conditions resulted in the greatest ability to delay gratification?

Experiment 3 / thinking fun

Which of the following is true?

Experimental designs include a control and treatment group

ALL BUT WHICH of the following are true regarding experimental designs?

Research is published only when internal and external validity are substantiated

when a change in the dependent variable in a group is measured across time or when participants in a group are exposed to two or more treatments simultaneously, and the outcome of the treatments are evaluated across time

a within group design is used

The difference between a quasi-experimental design and a true experimental design is

b & d

Shoda, et. al., (1990) found that a preschool age child's ability to delay gratification was linked to

b&C