Suppose you are working as a research assistant for a social psychologist. To assist her with a research study, the social psychologist asks you to stand in a laboratory waiting room with research participants, act as though you are a research participant yourself, and then pretend to have an epileptic seizure. (The social psychologist is interested in how many people will try to help you.)In other words, your task is to be a(n)____ in the research.
A)accomplice
B)mundane realist
C)reactant
D)aggressor

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In this scenario, you are acting as an accomplice to the social psychologist by participating in the study in a way that directly influences the behavior of the real participants without their knowledge. An accomplice in research is someone who appears to be a participant but is actually working with the researchers to enact a specific scenario or behavior to observe how other participants react.

Suppose You Are Working as a Research Assistant for a Social