Chapter 10

Question 1

component analysis

Answer 1

comparing the effects of 2 or more independent variables

Question 2

placebo control

Answer 2

this separates effects that may be produced by a subjects preceived expectations of improvement because of taking a drug apart from the effects actually produced by the drug

Question 3

treatment integrity

procedural fidelity

Answer 3

refers to the extent to which the independent variable is implemented or carried out as planned

Question 4

treatment drift

Answer 4

occurs when the application of the independent variable during later phases of an experiment differs from the way it was applied at the outset of the study

Question 5

direct replication

Answer 5

researcher makes every effort to duplicate exactly the conditions of an earlier experiment

Question 6

systematic replication

Answer 6

the researcher purposefully varies one or more aspects of an earlier experiment

Question 7

type I error

Answer 7

false positive

made when researcher concludes that the independent variable had an effect on the DV, when it didn’t

Question 8

Type II error

Answer 8

researcher concludes that an IV did not have an effect on the DV, when it really did.