A technique in which participants are told that they will be participating in two separate experiments, but in reality the experimental manipulation is presented in the first experiment and the dependent measure is collected in the second experiment, is called the
A) two-experiments technique.
B) cover story technique.
C) placebo technique.
D) unrelated-experiments technique.

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The unrelated-experiments technique involves telling participants they are part of two separate experiments, but the manipulation and measurement are actually linked, allowing researchers to observe effects without participants being aware of the connection.

A Technique in Which Participants Are Told That They Will