A researcher hypothesizes that women will display greater willingness to help than men in certain situations. While conducting the study, she unconsciously encourages women to be helpful by smiling, nodding, and making more eye contact with them than with men. This is an example of

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This scenario is an example of experimenter bias, where the researcher's expectations or behaviors inadvertently influence the participants' behavior, leading to skewed results.

A Researcher Hypothesizes That Women Will Display Greater Willingness to Help