Corisna is an introductory psychology student who participates in a reaction time experiment. In this experiment, she is asked to press her foot on a pedal when she hears the sound of a horn. Her reaction time will be most affected by ____.?
a. ?P300s
b. ?expert systems
c. ?the complexity of the decision
d. ?experimenter bias
ANSWER:
c
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