In one study, research participants were asked to discuss the case of supposed juvenile delinquent named Johnny Rocco. Each discussion group consisted of five real participants and three confederatesa mode confederate (who adopted the majority viewpoint), a deviant confederate (who held extreme views that were different from the majority viewpoint), and a slider (who started out extreme, but eventually adopted the majority viewpoint). When participants were asked, at the end of the discussion, to vote one group member out of the group, who was MOST often voted out?
a. the mode confederate
b. the deviant confederate
c. the slider confederate
d. both slider and deviant confederates (equally)
Question 2
The so-called investment model is a model that seeks to explain why people stay with their long-term relationship partners. This model identifies three key factors, namely ____.
a. passion, commitment, and intimacy
b. security, anxiety, and avoidance
c. satisfaction, alternatives, and investments
d. similarity, familiarity, and propinquity
Gaser and Schlaug's study of the size of visual, motor, and auditory nuclei in the brains of mu
Flipper tags have been extensively used in the study of penguin population dynamics.
A Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) surfs the wave of a research boat on the Banana River, nea
Research Methods
Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods, 6/E
The reason why I do not study