RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
THE NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
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You ask your fellow students to be participants in astudy of adult memory.
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You ask people from your church to participate in astudy of family values.
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You develop an opinion of what you expect to see in anexperiment.
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You allow a student to quit an experiment simply becausehe or she is bored.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In an experiment, you develop an opinion of what you expect to see. This is an example of observer bias. 2. Choose a study in which participants do not know if they are part of the control group or the experimental group.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following is an example of observer bias? You ask people from your church to participate in a study of family values.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following is an example of actor-observer bias? Akbar believes he is unable to stop gambling because his friends all gamble and are a bad influence, yet Tim is unable to stop gambling because he is addicted to gambling.
Detailed explanation-4: -Observer bias is any kind of systematic discrepancy from the truth during the process of observing and recording information for a study. Observer bias is a type of detection bias and can affect assessment in many kinds of study including observational studies and intervention studies such as randomised trials.
Detailed explanation-5: -Observer bias is the tendency of observers to not see what is there, but instead to see what they expect or want to see. This is a common occurrence in the everyday lives of many and is a significant problem that is sometimes encountered in scientific research and studies.