Randy is running a study on alcohol and aggressive behavior. He randomly divides his subjects into two groups because he knows that if he allows his subjects to choose their own groups, aggressive subjects will tend to choose the group receiving alcohol while non-aggressive subjects will tend to choose the group receiving no alcohol. He then would not be able to distinguish the effects of the alcohol from the effects of subjects' innate aggressiveness. This tendency of his aggressive subjects to choose the alcohol group is called a(n) _______.
a. placebo effect
b. response set
c. experimental blind
d. selection factor
D
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a. social myths b. access to personal connections c. the educational system to influence how people think d. all of the above
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a. college students in the United States. c. both a and b. b. the Himba in a remote region of Namibia. d. neither a nor b.
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a. when women (or men) invite such behavior by their dress or behavior b. in a relationship where there is equal power c. in a relationship where there is unequal power d. in egalitarian relationships