Author Question: Psychologists are often unwilling to accept people's own self-reports when studying socially ... (Read 506 times)

audragclark · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Psychologists are often unwilling to accept people's own self-reports when studying socially sensitive topics. Social psychologists have created _________________ that allow them to observe hypothesized correlates of prejudice without explicitly asking subjects to report their attitudes.

a. implicit memory tests
b. implicit attitude measures
c. randomization
d. explicit attitude measures

Question 2

During a one-hour session, a therapist switches back and forth between periods of personal comments aimed directly at the patient (e.g., You seem to be quite happy today.) and periods of impersonal comments (e.g., Happiness often is associated with sunny weather.). The therapist records how many self-revealing statements the patient makes during each period to see if there are any consistent differences. The researcher is using a(n) ____.

a. ABAB design
b. multiple-baseline design
c. alternating-treatments design
d. changing-criterion design