Environmental psychologists a. study the impact that people ...

[acc299]

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]

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.

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