Multiple Choice
A researcher randomly assigned participants to two different types of personality description that she said were based on their astrological sign. The descriptions were actually very similar and differed only in how general or specific they were. The group that received general information rated the description as more accurate than the group that received more specific descriptions. This research is a:
A) correlational study.
B) case study.
C) true experiment.
D) quasi-experiment.
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