Experimental Method

Question 1

Single treatment study

Answer 1

1. Target population
2. Research participants
3. Experimental treatment
4. Behavior observation

Random selection

Question 2

Four rogues

Answer 2

History
Maturation
Instrumentation
Reactivity

Question 3

Two treatment study

Answer 3

1. Target population
   2a: experimental group-experimental treatment- behavior observation
   2b. Control group- control treatment- behavior observation

Question 4

Experimental control

Answer 4

Baseline for comparison
Constancy of conditions
Eliminating confounding variables

Question 5

Single blind control

Answer 5

Participants are not informed which treatment condition they are in

Question 6

Double blind control

Answer 6

Neither participants nor experimenters are informed which treatment condition a given participant is in

Question 7

Placebo control

Answer 7

The control group receives aspects of the administration of an experimental treatment without receiving the actual treatment

Question 8

Crossfoster control

Answer 8

The control group receives the same level of nurturing or supervision as the experimental group

Question 9

Yikes control

Answer 9

The control group receives treatment linked to the voluntary behavior of individuals in the experimental group

Question 10

Extraneous variable

Answer 10

Variables that are not manipulated selected controlled or measured in an experiment

Question 11

Confounding variable

Answer 11

Extraneous variables that vary systematically with independent variables in an experiment