A researcher believes that receiving a self-esteem threat will make participants more depressed. So she conducts a study in which participants are randomly assigned to receive negative feedback on a personality test, and then measures their level of depression. She tells participants that the study is about "validation of personality measures." In this example, "validation of personality measures" is:

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In this example, "validation of personality measures" is a cover story, as it is a false explanation given to the participants to hide the true purpose of the study, which is to investigate the effect of self-esteem threat on depression.

A Researcher Believes That Receiving a Self-Esteem Threat Will Make