Author Question: Cues in the experiment that tell the participant how they are expected to behave are A) ... (Read 123 times)

justinmsk · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Cues in the experiment that tell the participant how they are expected to behave are

A) confounds.
B) experimenter biases.
C) demand characteristics.
D) social desirability cues.

Question 2

A researcher wants to study the effects of frustration on later aggressive behavior by frustrating half the participants and then measuring the amount of hot sauce they give to a confederate.

She tells the participants this is a study of Individual Differences in Taste Preference. Why did she tell them this?
A) to prevent demand characteristics
B) to sensitize participants to the purpose of the study
C) to manipulate frustration
D) to prevent confounds