Why Do Researchers in the Area of Mental Imagery Need

question 77

Multiple Choice

Why do researchers in the area of mental imagery need to be concerned about experimenter expectancy?

• A)Experimenters might somehow convey their hypotheses to the participants.
• B)Experimenters typically expect participants to perform very well on imagery tasks.
• C)When experimenters expect a certain outcome in their research,the participants unconsciously produce results that contradict this expectancy.
• D)Experimenter expectancy typically increases the magnitude of individual differences.

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Definitions:

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