Which of the following is an example of an "experimenter-expectancy effect?"
A) participants in a study are nicebehave differently for the attractive experimenter than for the less attractive experimenter
B) a researcher finds that his participants did not behave as he expected them to, so he changes his statement of his hypothesis when he writes up his results
C) participants come to experiments with preconceived notions of what they are supposed to do, and perform based on those notions rather than on what they are asked to do.
D) the experimenter "expects" females to experience more difficulty on a math task so the experimenter unintentionally behaves in ways that undermine the performance of females on the math task

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The experimenter-expectancy effect occurs when the experimenter's expectations about the outcome of the experiment influence the participants' behavior, leading to results that confirm the experimenter's expectations. In choice D, the experimenter's expectation that females will perform worse on a math task could lead to behaviors that inadvertently affect the females' performance, thus exemplifying the experimenter-expectancy effect.

Which of the Following Is an Example of an "Experimenter-Expectancy