The Tendency for Participants to Behave as They Perceive the Experimenter

question 36

Multiple Choice

The tendency for participants to behave as they perceive the experimenter wants them to behave is known as

• A) an emic.
• B) the good participant effect.
• C) an etic.
• D) ethnocentrism.

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