chapter 2

which would be the best design to study the effects of disaster on survivors? a. a natural experiment b.an analogue experiment c. a clinical experiment d. a double masked design

a natural experiment

a researcher is interested in the effects of a new drug for treating anxiety. the researcher decides to study this phenomenon in rats by conditioning in them the fear of a high pitched noise and then testing the rats reaction with and without the drugs. this is an example of

analogue experiment

a psychologist does a study of an individual involving a history, tests, and interviews of associates. a clear picture is constructed of this individual so her behavior is better understood. this study is a

case study

the goal of scientific research is best described as seeking to

explain relationship between variable

the ability to generalize results from a study of certain individuals to other individuals not studied is called

external validity

the major ethical concern with research on facebook users is

facebook users dont always know they are being studied

for people to decide about participating in psychological research, they must be given full knowledge of the nature of the study and their rights. this principle is called

informed consent

which statement describes a limitation of the case study a. it does not allow the therapist to propose a course of treatment for the patient b. it does not enable the therapist to understand the whole patient c. it does not result in high external validty d. it does not lead to an individualist approach

it does not result in high external validity

as opposed to clinical practitioners, who search for individualist understanding of human behavior, clinical researchers search for general trust about abnormality. the approach of clinical researchers is described as

nomothetic

researchers are examining the effects of listing to background music on the stress levels of truck loaders. only experienced loaders are included in the study. during the morning shift, music is played. during the afternoon shift, no music is played. what is a potential confound in this experiment

the type of music played