During the month-long hotel experiment conducted by Crum and Langer:
A) hotel management confirmed that the workload of the housekeeping staff remained constant in both conditions throughout the study.
B) the workload of the staff in the experimental group was increased and the workload of the control group was correspondingly decreased.
C) the participants in the "informed group" tended to do much more exercise outside their jobs than did the "uninformed" group.
D) the experimental but not the control participants reported increased levels of fatigue due to their perception that work was exercise.

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The hotel management confirmed that the workload of the housekeeping staff remained constant in both conditions throughout the study. This suggests that any differences in outcomes were due to the intervention (the informed condition) rather than changes in workload.

Answer: D
 The experimental but not the control participants reported increased levels of fatigue due to their perception that work was exercise. This finding suggests that when people believe that their work is exercise, they may experience increased fatigue as a result.

During the Month-Long Hotel Experiment Conducted by Crum and Langer