Sandi Believes That People Who Eat at McDonald's Are Overweight,so

question 81

Multiple Choice

Sandi believes that people who eat at McDonald's are overweight,so she decides to do a naturalistic observation of people who eat at McDonald's.What should most concern us about Sandi's observations?

• A)the observer effect
• B)social desirability bias
• C)observer bias
• D)participant observation

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Definitions:

Blending

The cognitive process of combining two or more distinct entities or ideas into a new, unified concept.

Trichromatic Color Mixing

A theory of color vision that proposes the eye has three types of receptors, each sensitive to red, green, or blue light, and that all colors are perceived through the combination of these receptors' activities.

Opponent-process Theory

A psychological and neurological model that explains how the perception of one color can affect the perception of another, leading to contrasting aftereffects.

Trichromatic

A theory of color vision that proposes the eye detects colors through the response levels of three types of cones sensitive to different wavelengths.