Eila is participating in a psychological experiment for one of the graduate students at her university. She is pretty confident that she knows the true intent of the study and is trying to answer the questions accordingly
A common pitfall in experiments, Eila is falling prey to ______________.
A) intentionality
B) the Rosenthal effect
C) observer bias
D) demand characteristics
Answer: D
Rationale: Demand characteristics are inadvertent cues given off by the experimenter or the experimental context that provide information about how participants are expected to behave.
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a. vacuum extraction. b. breech birth. c. forceps delivery. d. Cesarean section.
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a. too much thyroxin. c. cretinism. b. hyperthyroidism. d. none of these.
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a. fundamental attribution error b. just-world error c. self-enhancing bias d. entrapment bias
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A) a crisis and has become committed to an ideology. B) a crisis, but is uncommitted to an ideology. C) no crisis and is uncommitted to an ideology. D) no crisis, but is committed to an ideology.