Suppose you are a research participant in a laboratory study that is examining fear and social support. The researcher shows you an extremely scary movie and then asks you whether you feel like talking to anyone (and if so, who)once the movie is over. Although you are in a laboratory setting the whole time, which does not resemble "real life" at all, you become engrossed in the procedures of the study and almost forget that you are in a study. Thus, in your experience, this study is:
A)low in experimental realism and low in mundane realism
B)low in experimental realism and high in mundane realism
C)high in experimental realism and low in mundane realism
D)high in experimental realism and high in mundane realism

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The study is high in experimental realism because you become engrossed in the procedures and almost forget you are in a study, indicating that the psychological processes being studied are engaged effectively. It is low in mundane realism because the laboratory setting does not resemble real-life situations closely.

Suppose You Are a Research Participant in a Laboratory Study