Sandi believes that people who eat at McDonald's are overweight, so she decides to do a naturalistic observation of people who eat at McDonald's. What should most concern us about Sandi's observations?

A. The placebo effect
B. The bystander effect
C. Observer bias
D. Participant bias


Answer: C

Psychology

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