PSYCH 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hot Air Balloon, Observer-Expectancy Effect
17 Feb 2018
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Can be used to analyze someone"s critical thinking skills. Ex) do you feel good today? a) yes, b) no. 1) strongly disagree, 2) disagree, 3) neither, 4) agree, 5) strongly agree. Ex) how would you describe kmart, walmart, and target? . Leading questions: wording encourages one type of response. Ex) how fast were the cars going when they 1) smashed 2) collided 3) bumped: hit or 5) contacted? . Double-barreled question: 2 questions or more within one question. Wasn"t that guitar riff amazing and weren"t the song lyrics clever? . Negative wording: using double negatives or negatives. In certain situations, ppl are less likely to respond accurately. 3) fence-sitting - picking neither agree nor disagree for most options. Ex) have you ever lied in your life? . Implanting false memories: the hot air balloon ride - researchers convinced ppl that they had ridden in hot air balloons as kids, even though it wasn"t true.
