In a study examining the effect of appearance on judgments of criminal behaviour,a researcher asks questions about the surroundings and the victim in order to disguise the dependent measures in the study.These unrelated questions are referred to as
A) independent measures.
B) filler items.
C) task measures.
D) placebo measures.

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Filler items are unrelated questions or tasks included in a study to disguise the true purpose or dependent measures of the study. Independent measures refer to different participants being used for each condition, task measures refer to the measures used to assess performance on a task, and placebo measures refer to a control condition where participants believe they are receiving the real treatment but are actually receiving a placebo. None of these options accurately describe the unrelated questions in the given scenario, making B the best choice.

In a Study Examining the Effect of Appearance on Judgments