Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1 People are creatures of habit and usually behave the same way, regardless of whether or not they are being observed in a psychological study
2 When participants in an experiment behave in a way they think the experimenter wants them to behave, the problem of demand characteristics develops
3 Naturalistic observation is a method for determining causal relationships between variables
4 Unobtrusive naturalistic observation helps minimize the problem of demand characteristics
5 Double-blind observations are a way of controlling for experimenter bias


1 False
2 True
3 False
4 True
5 True

Psychology

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