A researcher wants to conduct a study exploring how college students interact with opposite sex students compared with same sex students

In order to observe these interactions, you instruct individuals who are part of the research team to sit with real research participants and ask them questions. The students who were placed in the study to play a particular role for a researcher are known as _______________.
a. Confederates
b. Accomplices
c. Co-conspirators
d. Liars


Answer: a

Psychology

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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