Which of the following would most likely NOT result in a biased study?
a. Having a confederate be rude to participants as part of the study design
b. Having a female researcher test all of the participants in one group and a male researcher test all of the participants in another group
c. Telling half of your participants your research hypothesis
d. Telling your participants your research hypothesis
Ans: A
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a. Under stress, women tend to be more nurturing while men tend to be more aggressive. b. Under stress, men tend to be more nurturing while women tend to be more aggressive. c. Under stress, both women and men tend to be more nurturing than aggressive. d. Under stress, both women and men tend to be more aggressive than nurturing. e. There are no gender differences in response to stress.
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