Social Variables Hannover and Kuhnan (2002) informed their subjects were that they would be participating in a study of eye-witness identification and that they would be part of a "police line-up." This constituted a ____ to disguise the experimental hypothesis.
A)cover story
B)double-blind experiment
C)quasi-experiment
D)single-blind experiment

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A cover story is a false explanation given to participants to disguise the true purpose of an experiment. In this case, telling the participants they were part of a police line-up was a cover story to disguise the true experimental hypothesis. Double-blind and single-blind experiments involve manipulating the conditions of the experiment, while a quasi-experiment refers to a study in which participants are not randomly assigned to groups. None of these options fit the scenario described in the question.

Social Variables Hannover and Kuhnan (2002) Informed Their Subjects Were