A Researcher Performs a Study Comparing the Video-Game Playing Ability

question 64

Multiple Choice

A researcher performs a study comparing the video-game playing ability of 20-year-olds to 60-year-olds.The results indicate that the 20-year-olds learned to play a new game much faster than the 60-year-olds.However,the researchers are uncertain whether this indicates that the 20-year-olds' ability will decrease over time,or whether the 60-year-olds had more difficulty because they grew up before there were video games.What issue is this an example of?

• A)cohort effects
• B)attrition
• C)stage model error
• D)experimenter expectancy effects

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