An El Niño Event Means ________

question 60

Multiple Choice

An El Niño event means ________.

• A) higher surface-water temperatures in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific
• B) lower nutrient concentrations in surface waters of the Eastern Equatorial Pacific
• C) a bad fishing year off the coast of Peru
• D) All of these are correct
• E) None of these is correct

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Definitions:

Expectations

Beliefs or anticipations about the way events, situations, or behaviors will or should unfold in the future.

Demand Characteristic

Cues or signals in an experiment that might inform participants about the purpose of the study, potentially influencing their behavior.

Deception

Misinformation that a participant receives during a research investigation.

Demand Characteristics

Demand characteristics refer to subtle cues or signals in an experiment that communicate to the participants how they are expected to behave.