You Are Participating in a Social-Psychological Research Experiment, and the Researcher

question 46

Multiple Choice

You are participating in a social-psychological research experiment, and the researcher reads the instructions to you and the other participants so that each of you hears exactly the same instructions. By standardizing the instructions, the researcher is attempting to control the

• A) dependent variable.
• B) experimental outcome.
• C) demand characteristics.
• D) framing effect.

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Definitions:

Meta-Analysis

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