Which of the Following Is a Methodological Issue That Arises

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a methodological issue that arises in studies investigating cerebral laterality in split-brain patients?

• A)Due to their epilepsy, these people may not have had normal brain organization before surgery.
• B)The size of the corpus callosum and the effects of severing it are too variable.
• C)Sectioning the corpus callosum causes severe behavioral side effects that make research participation difficult.
• D)Each person's physiological response to the surgery is different and creates new patterns of brain organization during recovery.

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Definitions:

Inactive Substances

Substances that have no intended therapeutic effect; often used as placebos in clinical trials to assess the efficacy of active treatments.

Fake Treatments

Interventions or procedures that are designed to mimic real treatments but do not contain any active ingredients or therapeutic value, often used in the context of clinical trials as placebos.

Experiment

A controlled test of a hypothesis in which the researcher manipulates one variable to discover its effect on another.

Independent Variable

In an experiment, the variable that is manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effects on the dependent variable.