Dr Pullman Had an Overwhelming Number of Freshmen Sign Up

question 135

Multiple Choice

Dr. Pullman had an overwhelming number of freshmen sign up for his study once he offered extra credit. He was asking students to be hooked up to an EEG machine as well as to experience a low-voltage shock when they answered questions incorrectly. The participants had to return to the lab on three occasions in order to gain enough data to answer Dr. Pullman's hypotheses. After the first full round of participation, Dr. Pullman was told by the administration that he could not offer extra credit for participation in his experiment, so he had to remove the offer of extra credit. What should Dr. Pullman be concerned with?

• A) testing effects and maturation
• B) mortality
• C) maturation
• D) history

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