Social Variables Anna Participates in a Social Psychological Experiment in Which

question 38

Multiple Choice

Social Variables Anna participates in a social psychological experiment in which she observes pairs of lights that are briefly turned on and off in a completely darkened room.Although the distance between each pair of lights in the Hex paradigm is always identical, the experimenter asks, "Is the first pair of lights farther apart or closer together than the second pair?" This question, which implies that Anna should perceive different spacing, illustrates the concept of a

• A)demand characteristic.
• B)physical variable.
• C)placebo effect.
• D)Rosenthal effect.

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