Professor Bobson Conducts a Study That Requires His Participants to Fill

question 159

Multiple Choice

Professor Bobson conducts a study that requires his participants to fill a questionnaire with two options: "ethical" or "unethical." This leads most of his subjects to choose the ethical option.The professor's choice marking his options as ethical or unethical is the study's

• A)confederate.
• B)third variable.
• C)demand characteristiC.
• D)placebo effect.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Misers

A term referring to the tendency of humans to avoid expending effort and resources when thinking and to prefer simple and less effortful ways of processing information.

Automatic Modes

Processes in the brain that occur without conscious thought, often as habitual responses or reactions to certain stimuli.

Conserve Effort

The tendency to reduce the amount of mental or physical energy expended on tasks, often by relying on heuristics or shortcuts.

Stroop Test

A standard measure of effortful control over responses, requiring participants to identify the color of a word (which may name a different color).