How Does Conducting a Double-Blind Study Attempt to Remedy the Expectancy

question 54

Multiple Choice

How does conducting a double-blind study attempt to remedy the expectancy bias?

• A) The experimenter does not know, but the participant does know, what condition the participant is assigned to.
• B) The experimenter and the participant both know what condition the participant is assigned to.
• C) The experimenter knows, but the participant does not know, what condition the participant is assigned to.
• D) Neither the experimenter nor the participant knows what condition the participant is assigned to.
• E) Neither the experimenter nor the participant knows that deception has been used in the study.

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Definitions:

Intelligence

The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.

Hindsight Bias

The common tendency to mold one’s interpretation of the past to fit how events actually turned out.

Hereditary Influence

The impact on an individual's traits and characteristics that are passed down from parents to their offspring through genes.

Past Relationships

Refers to previous associations or connections with other individuals, often romantic, that have ended.