Sophie's Thesis Study Is Focused on Participants' Retrospective Accounts About

question 131

Multiple Choice

Sophie's thesis study is focused on participants' retrospective accounts about happy and sad events in their lives, as well as current events identified as happy and sad. One way in which Sophie plans to control for retrospective bias in the participants' current experiences is to have these participants:

• A) obtain baseline data.
• B) include pretest and posttest measures.
• C) keep a behavior diary.
• D) stay in the study, even if they verbalize they want to drop out..

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Definitions:

Brain Waves

Patterns of electrical activity in the brain, indicative of different states of consciousness, such as wakefulness or sleep.

Positron-Emission Tomography

A diagnostic imaging technique that uses radioactive substances to visualize and measure changes in metabolic processes.

Biochemical Activity

The chemical processes and reactions that occur within living organisms.

Radioactive Element

An element that spontaneously emits radiation as a result of the decay of its atomic nuclei.