Without Informing Them,a Researcher Assigns Participants to Either an Experimental

question 42

Multiple Choice

Without informing them,a researcher assigns participants to either an experimental or a placebo group.The researcher's assistants who test the participants do not know who belongs in which group.The experiment has used a

• A) single-blind technique.
• B) double-blind technique.
• C) strong experimental manipulation.
• D) behavioural measure.

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Definitions:

Lay Epistemology

The ways in which ordinary people come to understand and make sense of knowledge and reality, often influencing their judgments and decisions.

Social Cognition

The study of how people process, store, and apply information about themselves and others in social situations.

Perception

The process of organizing, identifying, and interpreting sensory information in order to represent and understand the environment or an object.

Lay Epistemology

The study of how ordinary people form beliefs, judgments, and knowledge about the world.