The Textbook Describes a Study in Which One Group of Participants

question 57

Multiple Choice

The textbook describes a study in which one group of participants was asked to determine whether working out a day before a tennis match made the player more likely to win, and another group of participants was asked to determine whether working out a day before a tennis match made a player more likely to lose.Consistent with the confirmation bias, participants in the group examining a connection between working out and winning were most likely to search for

• A) information about how many players did not work out, and then lost their match.
• B) information about how many players did not work out, and then won their match.
• C) information about how many players worked out, and then lost their match.
• D) information about how many players worked out, and then won their match.

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