Bob Is Conducting Research to Investigate the Effects of Attitude

Multiple Choice

Bob is conducting research to investigate the effects of attitude on peer groups.Specifically, Bob is having participants come to a study on web usage.When participants arrive for the study, they are put into a room with 5 other undergraduate students.One of the undergraduate students is a research assistant for Bob unknown to the other students) and begins to display a negative attitude about research.After 10 minutes of the research assistant complaining, Bob then asks each subject to fill-out a survey on attitudes toward research.Bob is using which type of deception?

A) active
B) passive
C) coercive
D) informed