Suppose that 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 ____ in the research.
A) confederate
B) mundane realist
C) reactant
D) dependent variable

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A confederate is a person who is working with the researcher and appears to be a research participant, but is actually helping to carry out the study in some way. In this case, the research assistant is pretending to have a seizure to see how many participants will help, making them a confederate in the study.

Suppose That You Are Working as a Research Assistant for a Social