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Which of the following is NOT a reason for including experimental procedure details in a research report?
Which of the following is NOT a reason for including experimental procedure details in a research report?
- To provide instructions given to participants
- To discuss the broader impact of the findings (correct)
- To allow readers to analyze potential confounds
- To describe the stimulus presented to participants
What is a confound in an experiment?
What is a confound in an experiment?
- A systematic influence on the dependent variable other than the independent variables (correct)
- A potential error in the experimental procedure
- A participant's response to the stimulus
- A relationship between the independent and dependent variables
Which of the following should be included in the experimental procedure details?
Which of the following should be included in the experimental procedure details?
- The route the experimenter took to the research facility
- The background and research aims of the study
- The stimulus presented to participants (correct)
- The broader impact of the findings
In what tense should the experimental procedure be written?
In what tense should the experimental procedure be written?
What is the purpose of including experimental procedure details in a research report?
What is the purpose of including experimental procedure details in a research report?
True or false: A confound in an experiment refers to an aspect of the experiment that may influence the results of the dependent variable in a systematic way.
True or false: A confound in an experiment refers to an aspect of the experiment that may influence the results of the dependent variable in a systematic way.
True or false: Experimental procedure details should include instructions given to the participants, stimulus presented, and how the participants responded to the stimulus.
True or false: Experimental procedure details should include instructions given to the participants, stimulus presented, and how the participants responded to the stimulus.
True or false: The experimental procedure should be written in the present tense.
True or false: The experimental procedure should be written in the present tense.
True or false: Details about how the program that presents the experiment was started should be included in the experimental procedure.
True or false: Details about how the program that presents the experiment was started should be included in the experimental procedure.
True or false: The experimental procedure should be written in chronological order of what the participant saw and did.
True or false: The experimental procedure should be written in chronological order of what the participant saw and did.
What was the reaction time for detecting orientation oddballs as the number of distractor items increased?
What was the reaction time for detecting orientation oddballs as the number of distractor items increased?
What did Braun and Sagi find when testing arrays of 36 oriented Gabor items?
What did Braun and Sagi find when testing arrays of 36 oriented Gabor items?
What did the experiments in the text suggest about visual feature search tasks?
What did the experiments in the text suggest about visual feature search tasks?
What did Mack et al. find in their experiments?
What did Mack et al. find in their experiments?
What does the text challenge regarding preattentive perception?
What does the text challenge regarding preattentive perception?
