5. Imagine that you participated in a psychological study at Notre Dame College.
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5. Imagine that you participated in a psychological study at Notre Dame College. You went to a research lab and were randomly paired with another NDC student to work on a block building task together, you felt very frustrated because it appeared that they were not trying very hard to assist you on the task you were asked to complete. After the study was over, the research assistant in the lab informed you that your partner actually worked for the researcher and was playing a specific role of an “unhelpful partner” for the study. What is the name given to someone who plays a role such as this?
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ANSWER : In the above case the name given is CONFEDERATE.
Confederate refers to an actor involved in a psychological experiment who appears to be a fellow participant to other research participants but who is actually working for the researcher in some or the other way.
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