Unusual ESP Subjects Who Defy Chance When First Tested Nearly

question 19

Multiple Choice

Unusual ESP subjects who defy chance when first tested nearly always lose their "psychic powers" when retested.This decline is best explained in terms of

• A) illusory correlation.
• B) regression toward the mean.
• C) a placebo effect.
• D) a confounding variable.

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