An educational psychologist wants to investigate the effect of paper color (pale blue vs bright yellow) on students' test anxiety during a challenging mathematics assessment. They plan to use an experimental design where participants are randomly assigned to complete the assessment on either blue or yellow paper, followed immediately by a self-report anxiety questionnaire.
Outline one way to help reduce demand characteristics in this study.
201 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Planning and conducting research. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.