Practice mode Psychology

If a rumour spreads that an experiment is assessing racist attitudes, and the subjects take care not to appear racist, what will the results be?

Correct answer D. biased

Explanation

When participants alter their behaviour because they know the study's aim, the findings are distorted by response bias, so the results are biased.

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