Experimenter Expectancy Effects Are

question 68

Multiple Choice

Experimenter expectancy effects are

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

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