Random Allocation of Participants to Conditions Is One Way to Reduce

question 52

Multiple Choice

Random allocation of participants to conditions is one way to reduce:

• A) confounding variables.
• B) experimenter bias.
• C) socially desirable responding.
• D) stigmatisation.

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Definitions:

Apraxia

A motor disorder caused by damage to the brain, where the individual has difficulty performing movements or gestures despite having the desire and physical capacity to do them.

Agnosia

A condition marked by the inability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells while the specific sense is not defective nor is there any significant memory loss.

Echolalia

The automatic and involuntary repetition of words or phrases spoken by others, often observed in individuals with autism and certain other conditions.

Executive Functioning

A set of cognitive abilities that control and regulate other abilities and behaviors, including planning, working memory, attention, problem solving, verbal reasoning, inhibition, mental flexibility, task switching, and initiation and monitoring of actions.