Research Participants Are Randomly Assigned to Different Groups in an Experiment

question 53

Multiple Choice

Research participants are randomly assigned to different groups in an experiment in order to

• A) minimize chances that participants in any group know each other.
• B) increase chances that participants are representative of people in general.
• C) minimize any differences between groups of participants.
• D) increase chances that the different groups have the same number of participants.

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Definitions:

Anal Expulsive

A psychoanalytic concept suggesting a personality type that results from a child's experience during the anal stage of psychosexual development, often associated with messiness or disorganization.

Anal Retentive

Pertains to a personality trait characterized by orderliness, meticulousness, and a controlling attitude, believed by Freud to originate during the anal stage of psychosexual development.

Personality

The characteristic set of behaviors, cognitions, and emotional patterns that evolve from biological and environmental factors.

Sensual Pleasure

Refers to the gratification derived from satisfying one's senses, often relating to touch, taste, smell, sight, and sound.