Methods in Behavioral Research 13th Edition By Paul – Test Bank

Chapter 11

Test Bank

 

1. In a _____ design, a subject’s behavior is measured over time during a baseline control period.

 

A. single-case

 

B. control series

 

C. propensity score

 

D. nonequivalent control group

 

 

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APA Outcome: 1.1: Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

 

Blooms: Remember

 

Difficulty Level: Easy

 

Learning Objective: Describe single-case experimental designs and discuss reasons to use this design.

 

Topic: Single-Case Experimental Design

 

 

2. Single-case experiments were developed from a need to

 

A. have a design that examines a measurement at only one point in time.

 

B. measure only a single dependent variable.

 

C. determine whether an experimental manipulation has an effect on a single research participant.

 

D. overcome selection differences that occur in nonequivalent control group design.

 

 

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APA Outcome: 1.1: Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

 

Blooms: Understand

 

Difficulty Level: Medium

 

Learning Objective: Describe single-case experimental designs and discuss reasons to use this design.

 

Topic: Single-Case Experimental Design

 

 

3. One method used to demonstrate the reversibility of the effect of an independent variable is a(n)

 

A. quasi-experimental design.

 

B. interrupted time series design.

 

C. control series design.

 

D. ABA design.

 

 

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APA Outcome: 1.1: Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

 

Blooms: Remember

 

Difficulty Level: Easy

 

Learning Objective: Describe single-case experimental designs and discuss reasons to use this design.

 

Topic: Reversal Design

 

 

4. Which of the following is a basic reversal design?

 

A. pretest-posttest design

 

B. interrupted time series design

 

C. ABA design

 

D. quasi-experimental design

 

 

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APA Outcome: 1.1: Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

 

Blooms: Remember

 

Difficulty Level: Easy

 

Learning Objective: Describe single-case experimental designs and discuss reasons to use this design.

 

Topic: Reversal Design

 

 

5. To examine how a reward influences a desired behavior, a mother first counts the number of times her son makes his bed over a two-week period. For the next two weeks, she gives him a reward every time he makes his bed. Following this period, she stops rewarding him and again counts the number of times he makes his bed. This procedure would be an example of a(n) _____ design.

 

A. posttest-only

 

B. baseline treatment

 

C. control series

 

D. ABA

 

 

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APA Outcome: 1.3: Describe applications of psychology

 

Blooms: Apply

 

Difficulty Level: Hard

 

Learning Objective: Describe single-case experimental designs and discuss reasons to use this design.

 

Topic: Reversal Design

 

 

6. An advantage of the ABAB reversal design over the ABA design is that it

 

A. is less expensive.

 

B. allows for fewer alternative explanations for the results.

 

C. can be used in clinical research.

 

D. is less time consuming.

 

 

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APA Outcome: 1.1: Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

 

Blooms: Understand

 

Difficulty Level: Medium

 

Learning Objective: Describe single-case experimental designs and discuss reasons to use this design.

 

Topic: Reversal Design

 

 

7. In an ABAB reversal design, the second “B” period is necessary to rule out

 

A. carry-over effects.

 

B. correlational variables.

 

C. chance fluctuations.

 

D. baseline changes.

 

 

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APA Outcome: 1.1: Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

 

Blooms: Understand

 

Difficulty Level: Medium

 

Learning Objective: Describe single-case experimental designs and discuss reasons to use this design.

 

Topic: Reversal Design

 

 

8. In the context of reversal designs, the ABAB design

 

A. provides a second withdrawal period.

 

B. does not account for chance fluctuations.

 

C. ends with the treatment rather than the withdrawal of treatment.

 

D. tests the effect of the treatment a third time.

 

 

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APA Outcome: 1.1: Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

 

Blooms: Understand

 

Difficulty Level: Medium

 

Learning Objective: Describe single-case experimental designs and discuss reasons to use this design.

 

Topic: Reversal Design

 

 

9. From an ethical viewpoint, the ABAB design is preferred over the ABA design because

 

A. the ABAB design more powerfully rules out chance fluctuations and coincidental events.

 

B. the ABAB design is less expensive and less time-consuming.

 

C. a single reversal, in most cases, tends to be an extremely powerful evidence for the effectiveness of the treatment.

 

D. it does not seem right to end the design with the withdrawal of a treatment that may be beneficial to the participant.

 

 

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APA Outcome: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains

 

Blooms: Understand

 

Difficulty Level: Medium

 

Learning Objective: Describe single-case experimental designs and discuss reasons to use this design.

 

Topic: Reversal Design

 

 

10. In the context of reversal designs, the ABABAB design

 

A. ends with the withdrawal of the treatment.

 

B. is sometimes called the nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design.

 

C. is the basic reversal design.

 

D. allows the effect of the treatment to be tested a third time.