Describe How You Would Conduct an Experiment on the Effects

question 52

Essay

Describe how you would conduct an experiment on the effects of a status characteristic, such as gender or education, on susceptibility of social influence. Who would you use as subjects? Why is the random assignment of subjects to different groups important within this context? Evaluate the internal and external validity of your hypothetical study's results.

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Definitions:

Electroconvulsive Therapy

A psychiatric treatment where seizures are electrically induced in patients to provide relief from mental disorders.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach that aims to explore unconscious motivations and conflicts as drivers of human behavior, originated by Sigmund Freud.

Norepinephrine

A neurotransmitter and hormone involved in stress response, increasing heart rate, and blood pressure, and playing a role in attention and response actions.

Serotonin

A neurotransmitter involved in many processes within the body, including the regulation of mood, appetite, and sleep.