Social Variables What Does a Double-Blind Experiment Control

question 53

Multiple Choice

Social Variables What does a double-blind experiment control?

• A)demand characteristics
• B)experimenter bias
• C)confounding by context variables
• D)demand characteristics and experimenter bias

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Definitions:

Primary Reinforcement

Primary Reinforcement involves a stimulus that satisfies a basic survival need and is inherently reinforcing, such as food or water.

Secondary Reinforcement

A type of reinforcement that has acquired its reinforcing properties through association with primary reinforcers, such as money or praise.

Variable-Interval Schedule

A type of reinforcement schedule where reinforcements are provided at unpredictable time intervals, promoting steady response rates.

Postreinforcement Pause

A moment of no response or inactivity that occurs just after reinforcement in a fixed-interval schedule of reinforcement in operant conditioning.