Professor Bobson Conducted a Psychological Experiment on Personality by Administering

question 180

Multiple Choice

Professor Bobson conducted a psychological experiment on personality by administering questionnaires to subjects.Although the true nature of the experiment was supposed to be a secret,Professor Bobson always smiled when a subject checked the left boxes in the written questionnaire.As a result,subjects began to routinely check the left box.This potential problem can be described as the study's _____.

• A)confederate
• B)third variable
• C)demand characteristic
• D)placebo effect

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