A. All subject get the experimental procedure
B. Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is know only to the experimenter
C. Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is not know to subjects or experimenters
D. all subjects get control
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following best describes a double-blind experimental procedure?
A. All subjects get the experimental procedure
B. Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo, which they receive is known only to the experimenter
C. Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is not known to subjects or experimenter
D. All subjects get the control procedure - The experimental procedure in which both the experimenter and subject are unaware of who is in the experimental and who is in the control group is referred to as the:
A. single-blind procedure
B. the type of experiment is not possible
C. stereotaxic procedure
D. double-blind procedure - Which TWO of the following statements are true of blocking?
1: The phenomenon of blocking provides an interesting and much-studied instance of failure to learn, in spite of contiguous presentations of the CS and the US
2: In a blocking experiment, animals receive training with what is termed a compound CS (Phase 2)
3: The experimental group has first received a phase of training in which the US alone is conditioned (Phase 1)
4: The experimental groups shows no (or very little evidence of learning about the CS that is presented in Phase 1A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 3 & 4
D. 1 & 3 - In experiments, placing subjects in experimental groups such that each subject has an equal probability of ending up in any experimental group is referred to as:
A. random forecasting
B. fandom selection
C. random placement
D. random assignment - Which TWO of the following are true of the learning set procedure?
1:The animals learns to focus on classes of cues that are inaccurate predictors of reward
2:In the win-stay, lose-shift strategy, the animal learns to persist with a choice that yields food, but shift to the other object if it does not
3:In the learning-set procedure, all stimuli and associations have equal effect on the animal’s behaviour
4:The occurrence of reward can be regarded as a stimulus that can enter into associations or acquire discriminative control over an instrumental actionA. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 1 & 3
D. 2 & 4 - Which of the following could serve as an experimental hypothesis?
A. Although 25% of U.S drivers say that they use the seatbelts in their cars only 14% really do
B. a case history of multiple personality appeared to be caused by traumatic childhood experiences
C. College women who are anxious tend to want to be together
D. As the temperature increases the number of hit batters in baseball increases - Which of the following is NOT a widely used research method in modern experimental psychology?
A. The true experimental method
B. The quasi-experimental method
C. The introspective method
D. The case study method - What it is called, when more than one independent variable works in an experimental situation?
A. Situational Crisis
B. Interaction
C. Multisituational Effect
D. Variable Crisis - 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 - May aspect of learning can be studied best through the application of experimental methods to:
A. Classroom situations
B. Classroom investigations
C. Classroom experiences
D. Classroom conclusions