What Is the Best Technique to Use to Control for Sequencing

question 82

Multiple Choice

What is the best technique to use to control for sequencing effects?

• A) Random assignment to treatment groups
• B) Matching
• C) Holding variables constant by building them into the design
• D) Counterbalancing

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Definitions:

Theory of Mind

The capacity to recognize and understand thoughts, feelings, desires, and intentions in oneself and others, while also grasping that others may hold beliefs, desires, and intentions that diverge from one's personal ones.

Egocentrism

The inability to understand or assume any perspective other than one's own.

Habituation Technique

A method used to reduce reactions to repeated stimuli by exposing the subject to the stimulus over time until the response diminishes.

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be observed (seen, heard, touched, smelled or sensed in any way).