What Are Demand Characteristics

question 65

Multiple Choice

What are demand characteristics?

• A) the tendency for respondents to give answers that make them look good
• B) variables that cannot be manipulated but that are treated like independent variables
• C) when the range of a dependent measure is set too high and all participants select the lowest alternative
• D) cues that make participants potentially aware of what the experimenter expects

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Definitions:

SEDAR

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Dramatic Departure

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