Experimenter effects- (text pg 224) threat from characteristics or expectations of the experimenter. Experimenter effects could play a part in the discrepancies between drug researcher’s findings and parent perspectives on autism.
Due to some bad planning on my part I was unable to be in class today. However, I have reviewed the literature and posted lecture.
Today’s chapter and lecture went more in depth with validity and experimental design. Validity makes a lot of sense to me. I can relate it to my everyday study of behavior. As a teacher whose focus is on students with extreme behavioral needs I am constantly studying and analyzing in an informal way. The information on validity reminds me of all the questions I ask myself when I see changes in behavior. I’m constantly questioning the root of a change and if there is truly a change.
