AP Psych: reading you missed in Old Hall

It's here. Print it out and read it. Then answer the following questions:


Review the SoBe studies on pp. 184-187 of “The Power of Price”.
On a separate piece of paper, answer the following questions concerning this experiment.

1. Who do you think was Ariely’s intended population?
2. How did he obtain his sample? Do you think they are representative of the intended population? If not, how are they different?
3. What is the independent variable in the first two studies? What is the conceptual dependent variable?
4. How was the dependent variable operationalized in each of the first two studies?
5. Can you identify any potential confounding variables in these experiments? What are they?
6. What do you think of the conclusions he made? Are they accurate (in your opinion)?