It Has Been Shown That Telling Participants They Are Free

question 39

Multiple Choice

It has been shown that telling participants they are free to decline to participate without penalty

• A) results in fewer people agreeing to participate
• B) makes the results less generalizable.
• C) induces participants to ask for a larger reward for participating.
• D) can substantially alter the results obtained in some experiments.

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