PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Observer-Expectancy Effect

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Jennifer Steeves

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Experimenter effects: the experimenter behaves in a certain way towards the subject, which can lead to bias in the results. (e. g. the experimenter is friendly to the subject. As a result, the subject is less anxious, and performs well on the test compared to other subjects. ) Double-blind study: neither the subjects nor the experimenter know which subjects are in the control group and which are in the experimental group. You don"t like someone because you think they are stuck up . You have a certain behavior towards them, which affects that person. That person, as a result of your behavior, acts weirdly towards you. That person"s weird behavior then, in turn, confirms your original thinking that he/she is stuck up .