Experimenter Expectancy Effects Are

question 63

Multiple Choice

Experimenter expectancy effects are:

• A)subtle and unintentional cues that participants pick up about the hypotheses of an experiment.
• B)subtle and unintentional ways that experimenters can influence their participants to respond in ways consistent with experimental hypotheses.
• C)instances where participants improve because of their expectations rather than the actual treatments they receive.
• D)instances where experimenters mistakenly use random selection instead of random assignment.

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