Social Variables Graduate students who were told their rats were either "maze-bright" or "stupid" observed dramatic differences in maze performance.The "maze-bright" rats quickly learned to run the maze while the "stupid" rats did poorly.What do these results illustrate?
A)experimenter bias
B)selection threat
C)the Rosenthal effect
D)experimenter bias and the Rosenthal effect

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This scenario illustrates experimenter bias, where the expectations of the researchers influence the outcome of the study. It also demonstrates the Rosenthal effect, a specific type of experimenter bias where the expectations about a participant (in this case, rats labeled as "maze-bright" or "stupid") can lead to those expectations becoming true.

Social Variables Graduate Students Who Were Told Their Rats Were