Which Form of Order Bias Occurs When a Participant Tends

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which form of order bias occurs when a participant tends to choose the last alternative presented as his or her response to a closed-ended question?

• A) Recency effect
• B) Primacy effect
• C) Halo effect
• D) Demand effect
• E) Leniency

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Definitions:

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response. In biology, the permanent loss of a species.

Fixed-Ratio

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses, commonly used in learning and behavior analysis.

Lever Pressing

A method used in experimental psychology to measure the behavior of animals, typically involving the animal learning to press a lever to receive a reward.

Food Pellets

Small, compressed units of food often used in laboratory experiments as a reward for animals.