A teacher asks the school psychologist to observe her class through the two-way mirror and determine why the class disruptions are occurring.Just as the psychologist is walking into the room off to the side of the classroom to observe, the teacher assistant tells the psychologist, "Pay close attention to Claire and Robert over there by the maps.I think they are the real troublemakers in the class." After this encounter, the school psychologist will have to struggle with the
A) observer effect.
B) observer bias.
C) placebo effect.
D) anthropomorphic error.

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The teacher's comment could create observer bias, where the psychologist may unconsciously focus more on Claire and Robert's behavior, leading to a potential distortion of their observations. The other options are not applicable in this scenario.

A Teacher Asks the School Psychologist to Observe Her Class