What does the term "lab-field" study refer to? Provide an example and discuss its relative
advantages.
What will be an ideal response?
In the lab-field study, the researcher manipulates the independent variable in the lab,
yet, measures its effect in the field. For example, the researcher may train children a
learning strategy, and then see if their school performance improves. The advantage of
this study is that the researcher can maintain control over levels of the independent
variable, yet, measure whether or not the manipulations influence "real world"
behavior. Thus, the study has reasonable internal and external validity.
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A. the Chinese being allowed to continue to ship opium to India. B. American ships being prevented from trading with China for many years. C. the destruction of all poppy fields in Turkey. D. the island of Hong Kong becoming a British possession.
In It's In the Bag, the study of hypocrisy and condom use, the commitment manipulation involved
(a) wearing a T shirt with information about HIV printed on it (b) giving money to support research into HIV (c) telling at least three friends about HIV (d) making a videotape about HIV for use in high schools