Deception Is Used in Some Research in Order to

question 43

Multiple Choice

Deception is used in some research in order to

• A) help control for placebo effects.
• B) help aid in double-blind procedures.
• C) prevent socially desirable responding.
• D) encourage socially desirable responding.

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Definitions:

Time and Effort

The investment of personal resources, including temporal duration and physical or mental labor, towards achieving a goal or task.

Personality Differences

Variabilities in individuals' patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that distinguish them from others.

Reward Model

A theoretical construct that explains motivation in terms of rewards, suggesting that behavior is driven by the pursuit of pleasurable outcomes or the avoidance of negative ones.

Operant Conditioning

A training approach where the potency of an action is changed by means of incentives or disciplining.