A researcher asked middle students what things were most important for them to accomplish at school. Many participants focused not on a desire to do well academically but instead on social goals, such as being with and helping classmates and avoiding behaviors that might adversely affect their popularity.
a. response bias.
b .researcher bias.
c. sampling bias.
d. Instrumentation bias.

a. response bias.

Explanation:

Response bias, often referred to as survey bias, is a term in silent psychology in which a person or research is likely to respond to the examination or evaluation of items that are studied or false or false or misleading. There is a tendency to give a response that is socially acceptable rather than real. As response bias occurs as a result of individuals responding to survey questions that are not related to their actual characteristics, such as attitudes, beliefs, opinions, or behaviors. Therefore, in this case, most of the participants in the research study responding to bias were technically defined as response bias.