Which of the following is an example of demand characteristics affecting an experiment?
a. An experimenter draws the wrong conclusions from a study because she did not use the correct statistical analysis.
b. A participant changes his response to a question because he has the feeling that the experimenter wants him to do so.
c. An experimenter stops using a test because it does not appear to be reliable.
d. A participant in a double-blind experiment believes she is in the control group.
Answer: B
Rationale: These are inadvertent cues given off by the experimenter or the research context suggest how participants are expected to behave.
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