A college advisor wants to know how much TV students in her dorm are watching, but she has noticed that students tend to leave the TV room when she comes in to see who is watching. To get around this problem, she decides to measure wear-and-tear on the TV remote control as a measure of how much TV is being watched. Like many psychologists, this advisor is using a(n)
A)unobtrusive measure
B)hypothesis
C)double-blind procedure
D)placebo control group

Question

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The advisor is using an unobtrusive measure, which means she is measuring something in a way that does not interfere with the behavior of the participants. In this case, she is assessing TV watching indirectly through the wear-and-tear on the TV remote control, avoiding altering the students' behavior by her presence.

A College Advisor Wants to Know How Much TV Students