Explain the function of a placebo control condition and blinded assessment in clinical research
What will be an ideal response?
A drug may seem to have an effect because of participants’ expectations that it will have an effect. Placebo control conditions control for this expectation effect. Blinded assessment refers to patients and researchers (or anyone rating outcomes) being blind as to the condition to which the participant was assigned. This further controls for expectations and biases on the part of the researcher.
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What is alpha?
a) A method of expressing differences between groups in a common metric b) The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when that hypothesis is true c) The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is false d) The probability of accepting the null hypothesis when it is false
LaShawna meets another girl at a party who is not from LaShawna's ethnic group, and whom LaShawna judges, based on her stereotype of that group, is probably shallow and a gossip
The best description of LaShawna's judgment is that she is engaged in ________. a) a social cognitive process b) cultural norming c) prejudice d) developmental processes