Bob is conducting research to investigate the effects of attitude on peer groups. Specifically, Bob is having participants come to a study on web usage

When participants arrive for the study, they are put into a room with 5 other undergraduate students. One of the undergraduate students is a research assistant for Bob (unknown to the other students) and begins to display a negative attitude about research. After 10 minutes of the research assistant complaining, Bob then asks each subject to fill-out a survey on attitudes toward research. Bob is using which type of deception?

a. active
b. passive
c. coercive
d. informed


A

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