If a Participant Always Shows Fast Reaction Times on a Visual

question 107

Multiple Choice

If a participant always shows fast reaction times on a visual task not because she is good at the task but because she can hear the experimenter start the presentation and can get ready for the stimulus,her data will show a high level of:

• A) validity
• B) reactivity
• C) selection bias
• D) systematic error

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