Writing Effective Methods
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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?

  • 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?

  • 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?

    <p>Past tense</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of including experimental procedure details in a research report?

    <p>To allow for replication of the study</p> Signup and view all the answers

    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.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Experimental procedure details should include instructions given to the participants, stimulus presented, and how the participants responded to the stimulus.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The experimental procedure should be written in the present tense.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Details about how the program that presents the experiment was started should be included in the experimental procedure.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The experimental procedure should be written in chronological order of what the participant saw and did.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the reaction time for detecting orientation oddballs as the number of distractor items increased?

    <p>The reaction time decreased</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Braun and Sagi find when testing arrays of 36 oriented Gabor items?

    <p>Profound attentional impairment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the experiments in the text suggest about visual feature search tasks?

    <p>They are sensitive to attentional load</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Mack et al. find in their experiments?

    <p>A reduction in sensitivity to attentional resources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text challenge regarding preattentive perception?

    <p>The existence of a separate privileged category of preattentive perception</p> Signup and view all the answers

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