AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION

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Double-Blind Study
A
Study in which neither the experimenter nor the subjects know if the subjects are in the experimental or the control group.
B
Study in which the subject do not know if they are in the experimental or the control group.
C
A measure of the relationship between two variables.
D
The observation of human or animal behavior in its natural setting.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A double-blind study is one in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment. This procedure is utilized to prevent bias in research results. Double-blind studies are particularly useful for preventing bias due to demand characteristics or the placebo effect.

Detailed explanation-2: -A type of clinical trial in which neither the participants nor the researcher knows which treatment or intervention participants are receiving until the clinical trial is over.

Detailed explanation-3: -A double blind study is a randomized clinical trial in which: You as the patient don’t know if you’re receiving the experimental treatment, a standard treatment or a placebo, and.

Detailed explanation-4: -A double blind experiment is when neither the experimenter nor the subjects know which subjects are in the experimental and which are in the control group.

Detailed explanation-5: -Therefore, both research participants and researchers are blind to this information. Double-blind studies help in reducing the biases like the placebo effect, experimenter bias, and experimenter expectancy effect that hinder the results and conclusions of the study.

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