Author Question: Tova is participating in a study involving media awareness and conformity. After viewing a short ... (Read 92 times)

Deast7027 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Tova is participating in a study involving media awareness and conformity. After viewing a short film she fills out a conformity questionnaire. As Tova fills out the questionnaire, the questions lead her to guess that the research hypothesis is that the film will increase conformity. In this case the questions serve as a

a. suspicion check.
b. demand characteristics.
c. confound check.
d. naturalistic effect.

Question 2

Patricia is told by the experimenter that the lights in the experimental room may put people in a positive mood. Although the lights do not actually have any effect on mood, Patricia nevertheless begins to feel a positive mood. The change in mood probably represents which of the following?

a. A pilot test effect
b. A manipulation check
c. A placebo effect
d. A baseline mood effect