A Couple Has Just Started to Date

question 176

Multiple Choice

A couple has just started to date.In light of Dutton and Aron's (1974) suspension bridge study results,which activity might increase their attraction to each other?

• A)traveling on an airplane
• B)a picnic in the woods
• C)playing a game of co-ed flag football
• D)sunbathing on a beach at the ocean

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Definitions:

Withdrawal Period

The time span during which a participant stops taking a medication or substance as part of a study or clinical trial, or to cleanse the body before a procedure.

Multiple Baseline Design

A research design used in behavioral research, involving the staggered introduction of an intervention across subjects, settings, or behaviors to demonstrate a causal relationship.

Reversal Design

A single case design in which the treatment is introduced after a baseline period and then withdrawn during a second baseline period. It may be extended by adding a second introduction of the treatment. Sometimes called a "withdrawal" design.

ABAB Design

A type of experimental design used in behavioral research, involving alternating periods of baseline measurements and intervention to assess the effects of treatment.