Let's Say You Want to Assess the Effect of Subliminal

question 86

Multiple Choice

Let's say you want to assess the effect of subliminal suggestions on ratings of attractiveness. You ask 20 students to listen to subliminal tapes and then have them rate the attractiveness of 20 peers. You discover that all the peers were rated as highly attractive, with a mean of 8 out of a possible 10. Why is the above experimental design inadequate?

• A) It lacks demand characteristics.
• B) It lacks an independent variable.
• C) It lacks a dependent variable.
• D) It lacks a control group.

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