A psychologist investigated the fundamental attribution error using a repeated measures design.

Condition 1: Participants read an essay supporting a controversial new sugar tax and were told the writer was assigned this stance by their tutor. The participants then estimated the writer's actual attitude toward the tax.
Condition 2: The same participants read an essay opposing the sugar tax, also told the stance was assigned by a tutor, and estimated that writer's actual attitude.

In experiments using repeated measures designs, researchers often use counterbalancing.

Explain how the researcher might have used counterbalancing in this study.

A psychologist investigated the fundamental attribution error using a repeated measures design.

Condition 1: Participants read an essay supporting a controversial new sugar tax and were told the writer was assigned this stance by their tutor. The participants then estimated the writer's actual attitude toward the tax.
Condition 2: The same participants read an essay opposing the sugar tax, also told the stance was assigned by a tutor, and estimated that writer's actual attitude.

In experiments using repeated measures designs, researchers often use counterbalancing.

Explain how the researcher might have used counterbalancing in this study.

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