Suppose That a Participant Completes a Task in a Research

question 10

Multiple Choice

Suppose that a participant completes a task in a research study faster than he or she would have completed the task outside the study (i.e., in their natural surroundings) . This would be an example of ______.

• A) regression toward the mean
• B) maturation
• C) a history effect
• D) the Hawthorne effect

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