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1) A) An interesting variant of the nonequivalent comparative treatment design, mentioned in this chapter, is the “preference trial” in which clients are allowed to choose between two available treatments

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1) A) An interesting variant of the nonequivalent comparative treatment design, mentioned in this chapter, is the “preference trial” in which clients are allowed to choose between two available treatments. Think about the pros and cons of this design. B) Try to identify an aspect of your research topic that lends itself to experimental manipulation. Alternatively, if you’re already planning an experimental study, think about particular experimental designs that could be used.

2) A) Use the Cook and Campbell (1979) design validity framework to identify problems that could arise in a study you would like to do. B) Which designs do you see as most useful for studying the outcome of psychotherapies? Why? C) What is your view of the Empirically Supported Treatments debate? Take a position pro or con and defend it.

3) A) Think about doing text?based research on your topic: What kinds of texts might bear on your research topic? How could you obtain them? What could you find out from them? B) How would you go about turning your research topic into a behavioral observation study? Would measure development be a necessary first step? If so, what constructs would you operationalize? What situations might be suitable for carrying out your observations?

4) A) Why is there so little research in psychology using observation as opposed to self? report? What might be gained by more balance between self?report and observation research? What could be done to encourage more observation research? B) What would a participant observation study on your topic look like? What kind of setting would you need to enter? Who would you observe? What would you look for? What kinds of research questions would this allow you to answer?

5) A) Develop a brief interview schedule consisting of three or four central questions on your research topic. Do a 5–10 min interview with a friend or family member who has had an experience that approximates your topic. Describe what you learned about (a) your research topic and (b) your interview schedule. B) Select a psychological construct you’re interested in and construct a very short (e.g., 6–8 item) self?report instrument to assess it. Reflect on alternative ways to word the items and alternative formats for the response scale.

6) A) There is a huge variety of labels for different types of qualitative research. How similar or different do you think the various approaches are? B) It could be argued that guidelines for qualitative research are features of good research practice in general. What do you think? C) The limitations of self?report methods are well known, and yet the vast majority of psychological research uses self?report methods. Why do you think this is? Is this a problem, as some have said?