A university researcher who wanted to determine the effectiveness of new technology in the teaching of freshman psychology used the new technology in one section, while a second section had the conventional lecture method.When the two sections were compared on final exam scores, the researcher was surprised to find that the conventional classroom actually had slightly higher scores.This finding may be an example of the
A) Hawthorne effect.
B) John Henry effect.
C) Pygmalion effect.
D) reactive effect.

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The John Henry effect refers to the phenomenon where the control group (in this case, the group taught using conventional lecture methods) works harder or becomes more motivated when they know they are not receiving the intervention being tested (in this case, the new technology). This could result in higher scores for the control group, even though they did not receive the intervention.

A University Researcher Who Wanted to Determine the Effectiveness of New