In the Featured Study on How Expectations Influence Reaction to Positive

question 114

Multiple Choice

In the Featured Study on how expectations influence reaction to positive and negative outcomes, one of the independent variables was

• A) the group that the subject was assigned to (experimental or control).
• B) the actual measurement of the students emotions.
• C) the bogus medical test.
• D) the subject's expectations about whether the gene deficiency was common or uncommon among college students.

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