In order to test the effects of social pressure on conformity, Dr. Solomon Asch placed a research participant in a room with four other individuals. Those four other people worked for Asch, even though the real participant did not know this

In research terms, people who pose as research participants but are really working for the researcher are called __________.
a. independent associates
b. confederates
c. manipulators
d. participant-observers

B

Psychology

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a. central b. secondary c. sympathetic d. parasympathetic

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A top executive never receives negative information from her staff. This is known as _______ and is a disadvantage of _____ communication

a. proximity effect / downward b. MUM effect / horizontal c. MUM effect / serial d. proximity / serial

Psychology