An Instructor Wishes to Find Out Whether a New Teaching

question 107

Multiple Choice

An instructor wishes to find out whether a new teaching method is superior to his usual procedures, so he conducts an experiment. Everyone in his classes is quite excited about the prospect of learning under the new procedure, but he cannot administer the new teaching method to everyone: a random half of the students receive the new method and the remaining half receive the old method. What is the MOST obvious flaw in this experiment?

• A)Subjects should have been systematically assigned to groups.
• B)The sample is not representative of the population.
• C)Placebo effects or experimenter bias are likely to affect results.
• D)Distortions in self-report will affect results.

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Definitions:

Punish Acts

Involves imposing consequences or penalties for behavior deemed unacceptable or wrong.

Instrumental Aggression

Behavior aimed at achieving a specific goal, often involving harm or injury toward others as a means to an end.

Hostile Aggression

Aggressive behavior that is driven by anger or the intention to harm someone else.

Relational Aggression

A type of aggression that involves damaging someone's relationships or social status, rather than physical violence.