A. allows mathematical relationships to be established
B. provides a point of reference against which the behavior of the experimental group can be compared
C. balances the experiment to eliminate all extraneous variables
D. is not really necessary
Related Mcqs:
- Stroebe and Diehl (1994) conducted a clever piece of research into why brainstorming does not appear to enhance individual creativity. They hypothesized that, during a brainstorming session, because may speak at a time, other group members have to keep silent, and may be distracted by the content of the group discussion or forget their own ideas. Storebe and Diehi termed this phenomenon ‘production blocking’, because the waiting time before speaking and the distracting influence of others ‘ idea could potentially block individuals from coming up with their ideas. The result of their subsequent study were clear-cut: participants generated approximately twice as many ideas when they were allowed to express their ideas as they occurred than when they had to wait their turn. But which two of the following can we infer from these results?
1.That ‘production blocking’ does not occur in interactive brainstorming groups.
2.That ‘production blocking’ is an important factor explaining the inferiority of interactive brainstorming groups.
3.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas in one group, and than express them to another group.
4.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas separately, and then express them in a subsequent joint meeting.A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 1 & 3
D. 2 & 4 - Stroebe and Diehl(1994) conducted a clever piece of research into why brainstorming does not appear to enhance individual creativity. They hypothesized that, during a brainstorming session, because may speak at a time, other group members have to keep silent, and may be distracted by the content of the group discussion or forget their own ideas. Storebe and Diehi termed this phenomenon ‘production blocking’, because the waiting time before speaking and the distracting influence of others ‘ idea could potentially block individuals from coming up with their ideas. The result of their subsequent study were clear-cut: participants generated approximately twice as many ideas when they were allowed to express their ideas as they occurred than when they had to wait their turn. But which two of the following can we infer from these results?
1.That ‘production blocking’ does not occur in interactive brainstorming groups.
2.That ‘production blocking’ is an important factor explaining the inferiority of interactive brainstorming groups.
3.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas in one group, and than express them to another group.
4.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas separately, and then express them in a subsequent joint meeting.A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 1 & 3
D. 2 & 4 - Tanvir is a graduate student who is studying identity formation. He selects a group of 5-year-olds, a group of 10-years-olds, and a group of 15-year-olds, and a group of 15-year-olds, and interviews each group asking them what they plan to be when they finish school. In this example, Tanvir is using:
A. a multi-factorial research design
B. a longitudinal research design
C. a cross-sectional research design
D. a nested condition research design - The control group and the experimental group in an experiment are treated exactly the same except for the:
A. dependent variable
B. independent variable
C. extraneous variables
D. replication variables - An experiment is performed to test the effects of sleep deprivation on rote memory. In this experiment, the dependent variable in the:
A. number of hours subjects go without sleep
B. rote memory scores
C. number of subjects deprived of sleep in the experimental group
D. correlation between hours of sleep and fatigue - In an experiment, the control group should be treated in the same way as the experimental group except for ____________?
A. completing pretest measures
B. completing posts-test measures
C. receiving different levels of the independent variable
D. receiving different levels of the confounding variable - When subjects in an experiment are chosen so that each has an equal chance of being in either the experimental group of the control group, we say that the subjects have been assigned:
A. alternately
B. hypothetically
C. randomly
D. consecutively - Dr. Jamshed wants to see if person’s IQ changes as they get older. To do this he takes three groups of subjects. Group i is made up of 10 years old, and Group III of 25 years old. Dr. Jamshed tests all three groups of their IQ level. The design of this experiment is called:
A. longitudinal study
B. more information is needed to determine the design of the experiment
C. Gesell’s dome
D. cross sectional study - In an experiment studying the effects of different drugs on reaction time, each subject is presented with all of the conditions in the experiment. This is an example of ____________?
A. factorial design
B. within subjects design
C. between subjects design
D. quasi-experimental design - If someone already spreads the rumor about an experiment for being assessment of racist attitudes and the subjects then take care of not showing racist attitudes. The result of experiment will be __________?
A. invalid
B. biased
C. error
D. unreliable
