A researcher wants to conduct a longitudinal study in which participants are followed and assessed over the course of several years. The recruitment pool for participants consists of students enrolled in an Introductory Psychology course.
As compensation for participation, students receive credit for the Introductory Psychology course. Assuming the researcher has no other means of compensating participants, which of the following types of correlated sample designs will be most difficult to conduct?
a) Repeated measure
b) Matched pairs
c) Random assignment
d) Independent samples
Question 2
A clinical psychologist gains permission from his clients for a student-in-training to sit in on the therapy sessions, observe the therapist's and the clients' behaviors, and take minimal notes.
However, the therapist realizes that the clients' behaviors often differ from previous sessions. This is an example of
a) the Hawthorne Effect
b) situation sampling.
c) a selective deposit.
d) interobserver reliability.
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