Renata created an experiment to observe how temperature affects social interactions. However, she did not state this purpose to participants

In fact, participants, all graduate students, were under the assumption that they were attending a campus-sponsored food and drink social gathering. Over the course of two hours, Renata drastically changed the room's temperature every 10 minutes and recorded information on how participants behaved. At the end of the two hours, Renata emerged and discussed the full nature of the experiment with the participants, including the deception she employed and why she needed to do so. At the end of the experiment, Renata employed the tactic of ________. a) informed consent
b) systematic observation
c) debriefing
d) passive deception

c

Psychology

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When a double dissociation occurs, this indicates that two functions

a. are absent. b. involve the same mechanism. c. are present. d. involve different mechanisms.

Psychology