In an Experimental Study of Cooperation,the Experimenter Makes People in the Experimental

question 15

Multiple Choice

In an experimental study of cooperation,the experimenter makes people in the experimental condition feel like they have no choice but to cooperate with a confederate.Kermit was assigned to this condition of the study and felt that he was being treated like a puppet.As a result,he actively tried to disconfirm the experimenter's hypothesis by refusing to cooperate.This is an example of:

• A)participant expectancies
• B)demand characteristics
• C)participant reactance
• D)evaluation apprehension

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