Author Question: Environmental psychologists a. study the impact that people have on the natural environment. b. ... (Read 37 times)

acc299 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Environmental psychologists

a. study the impact that people have on the natural environment.
b. study the influence of the environment on the behavior and well-being of the person.
c. use only animal subjects in controlled laboratory experiments.
d. use only naturalistic observation in their research.

Question 2

Discuss the general advantages and disadvantages of single-subject research compared to traditional group designs.

What will be an ideal response?

mmpiza · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

The primary advantage of single-subject research is that it makes it possible to demonstrate a cause-and-effect relationship with only one participant. This makes single-subject designs very compatible with clinical and applied research. In addition, most single-subject designs are very flexible in that the study can be changed in mid-course in response to the participant's behavior. Again, this is compatible with clinical practice. The two major disadvantages of single-subject research is that the studies have limited external validity (with only one participant) and there are no objective statistical methods for evaluating results.