An Experimenter Announces, "This Is an Experiment on Hypnosis

question 108

Multiple Choice

An experimenter announces, "This is an experiment on hypnosis." Although the experimenter does not actually hypnotize anyone, most of the participants behave the way they believe hypnotized people do. These results are an apparent example of the effects of

• A) demand characteristics.
• B) an illusory correlation.
• C) random assignment.
• D) experimenter bias.

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