Which statement is an example of a demand characteristic in everyday life?
A)Self-report measures of every day mood tend to fluctuate unsystematically.
B)People tend to evaluate physically attractive strangers as more positive on a plethora of dimensions than less attractive strangers.
C)College students who receive good grades in a course tend to rate that course higher than do students who receive low grades in the course.
D)School children are much less rowdy on the bus after a noticeable video camera is mounted in the front of the bus.

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This statement describes how the presence of a video camera influences the behavior of school children, which is an example of demand characteristic. The other statements describe general tendencies or patterns, but do not necessarily involve demand characteristics.

Which Statement Is an Example of a Demand Characteristic in Everyday