Experimentation Is Used in Social Psychology Primarily Because

question 14

Multiple Choice

Experimentation is used in social psychology primarily because:

• A) it allows for more precise quantification of the dependent variable than other research techniques
• B) it allows for greater control of the relevant variables than other research techniques
• C) it is less time consuming than other research techniques
• D) it presents fewer ethical problems than other research techniques

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Definitions:

Instrumental Learning

A learning process that uses rewards and punishments to promote or discourage a behavior, also known as operant conditioning.

Observational Learning

A learning process where an individual acquires new behaviors by watching and imitating others.

Habituation

the process by which an organism decreases or ceases its response to a stimulus after repeated or prolonged exposure.

Classical Conditioning

The teaching technique where, through the continuous association of two stimuli, a reaction that is initially caused by the second stimuli is later caused by the first stimuli on its own.