Question

Johanna is participating in a study on social contacts and subjective well-being. Each evening around 6 p.m., Johanna is supposed to record in a journal the number of social interactions she had that day that were longer in duration than 5 minutes. The researcher is using _____ self-report in this study.

a. interval-contigent
b. event-contigent
c. signal-contigent
d. bogus pipeline

Answer 1

Answer: The researcher is using

INTERVAL-CONTIGENT self-report in this study.

Interval contingent self report is used when participants in a study are requested for self evaluation regularly usually once in a day to eliminate error between memory loss and time of participants.

This method of is important not to alter the perception on the participants and also not to be taxing on them