If a Researcher Adds Order of Treatment as a Factor

question 17

True/False

If a researcher adds order of treatment as a factor, and finds that the means are the same whether a treatment is presented first or second, then there are no order effects present in that study.

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Definitions:

Discrimination Learning

A process by which an organism learns to respond differently to various stimuli, distinguishing between similar but distinct cues.

Excitatory Generalization Gradient

The tendency for the conditioned response to be elicited by stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus, begins to elicit a conditioned response on its own.

Conditioned Response

The learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus that becomes conditioned through association with an unconditioned stimulus.