A(n) ____ is someone who works for a researcher by serving as an "actor" in the research (e.g., pretending to be another research participant, and being mean to other research participants in order to see how participants respond to meanness)
a. confederate
b. allied respondent
c. infiltrator
d. behaviorist
A
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A. test scores B. scorer judgments C. different test forms D. test takers’ performance
Itzel, a Yucatec Mayan preschooler, is hungry. She is most likely to __________
A) decide for herself when and how much to eat B) ask her mother to make her a meal C) wait until the family’s set mealtime to eat D) make a pretend meal for herself and her dolls to “eat”
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