Author Question: In psychology, the word confederate is used to refer to ____. a. a research assistant who poses ... (Read 44 times)

joesmith1212 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

In psychology, the word confederate is used to refer to ____.

a. a research assistant who poses as a participant during the course of a research study in order to help create a certain situation
b. a research participant who is purposely disruptive during a study (e.g., a participant who lies on questionnaires or refuses to complete an experimental task)
c. a statistician or data analyst
d. a prototypical research participant (i.e., the confederate response is a term used to refer to the average response or mean response)

Question 2

During economic recessions, when large corporations must lay off many workers, those who retain their jobs sometimes feel ____. They think: That's not really fair. I don't necessarily deserve to keep my job when so many other great workers are now unemployed. I shouldn't really still be here either...

a. schadenfreude
b. survivor guilt
c. shame
d. catharsis