Researchers Randomly Assigned Participants to Play the Part of Either

question 17

Multiple Choice

Researchers randomly assigned participants to play the part of either a quiz game contestant or a host,while other participants merely observed the game.Results indicated that

• A)both contestants and observers thought the hosts were more knowledgeable than the contestants.
• B)both contestants and observers thought the contestants were more knowledgeable than the hosts.
• C)observers thought the hosts were more knowledgeable,but contestants attributed the outcomes to the situation.
• D)hosts thought themselves more knowledgeable,but contestants attributed the outcomes to the situation.

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Definitions:

Categorical

Pertaining to categories or classification, often used in logic to describe statements that assert or deny something about all members of a category.

Quantifier

In logic, an expression (such as "all", "some", or "no") that indicates the quantity of specimens to which a proposition applies.

Atomic Open Sentence

A sentence in formal logic that contains a variable and becomes a proposition when the variable is replaced by a definite term.

Truth-functional

Pertaining to a logical or linguistic expression whose truth or falsehood depends only on the truth or falsehood of its components.