According to Your Text, When Researchers Attempt to Replicate a Study

question 149

Multiple Choice

According to your text, when researchers attempt to replicate a study, they must consider whether the

• A)methods used in the original study can be easily reproduced.
• B)results of the original study were highly significant.
• C)context might have changed since the original study.
• D)original study was published in an impressive journal.

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Definitions:

Difference Threshold

The minimal change in stimulus that can just barely be detected by an organism, also known as the just noticeable difference (JND).

Trichromatic Theory

A theory of color vision proposing that colors are perceived through the relative rates of response by three kinds of cones, each one sensitive to a range of wavelengths.

Opponent-process Theory

A psychological and physiological model that explains how humans perceive colors as the result of complex interactions between various neurons that process color in an antagonistic manner.

Somesthetic Senses

A group of senses that includes the sensations of touch, temperature, body position, and pain, originating from muscles, joints, skin, and other internal receptors.