Question

A) Some elementary school teachers were told that a child’s parents were college graduates and other teachers were told that the child’s parents had not finished high school; the teachers then rated the child’s academic potential using an achievement scale. 1. What was the purpose of the experiment? 2. Was deception used in this experiment? Explain your answer 3. Identify the independent variable(s) 4. Identify the levels of the independent variables 5. Identify the dependent variable(s).

Answer 1

1. The purpose of the experiment was to find if the teacher's perception of parents' level of education had an impact on how they rated the students' academic achievement.
2. It appears that deception was used in this experiment. This is because teachers were told about the parents' level of education as per what was decided by the experimenter, which may not necessarily reflect the truth.
3. The independent variable in the study is teacher's perception of parents' level of education.
4. The dependent variable is rating of student academic achievement.
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