An Individual Making a "Maximin" Choice Has What Type of Psychological

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Multiple Choice

An individual making a "maximin" choice has what type of psychological orientation toward uncertain decision making?

• A)optimist
• B)realist
• C)pessimist
• D)opportunist

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Definitions:

Experimenter-Expectancy Effect

A bias in research outcomes where the researcher's expectations inadvertently influence the participants' performance.

Double-Blind Design

An experimental design in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment.

External Validity

The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized or extended to other contexts or populations.

Nickerson And Adams

Researchers known for conducting influential studies on memory and recognition, notably exploring people's ability to recall features of common objects.