One of the Greatest Assets of Within-Subjects Procedures Is That

question 29

Multiple Choice

One of the greatest assets of within-subjects procedures is that:

• A) they eliminate carryover effects.
• B) less time is required with a given participant.
• C) the researcher no longer has to worry about randomizing conditions.
• D) participants act as their own control group.

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Definitions:

Operant

An accidental or random action.

Reinforcement

An event that an individual experiences as pleasurable or rewarding, which increases the frequency of a behavior that occurred immediately before the pleasurable event.

Rewarded

Being given something, typically a token of appreciation or payment, in response or recognition for one's action or service.

Exosystem

In Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model, the level of the environment that children may not directly interact with but that influences them nonetheless.