When Respondents in a Research Study Are Asked the Wrong

question 48

Short Answer

When respondents in a research study are asked the wrong questions, the study suffers from ____________ validity.

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Definitions:

Placebo Effect

The phenomenon where patients experience a real improvement in their condition after being given a treatment that has no therapeutic effect, often due to their belief in the treatment's efficacy.

Overdose

The ingestion or absorption of a substance in quantities greater than are recommended or generally practiced, leading to a toxic state or death.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response in classical conditioning.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that instinctively elicits a response without any prerequisite learning.