Liana Is Writing a Grant Proposal for Her Next Study

Multiple Choice

Liana is writing a grant proposal for her next study, wherein she wants to investigate the conditions under which a numerical minority in a group context can alter the visual perception of majority group members. Specifically, the treatments involved groups of seven people who were shown the color blue on a screen and asked to report what color they saw. In condition A, one person (a confederate) claims to see green; in condition B, two confederates claim to see green; in condition C, three people claim to see green; and condition D functioned as a control group, with no confederates. Liana finds that the size of a numerical minority influences the effect it has on the majority. This research best reflects what type of research?

A) applied research
B) field research
C) basic research
D) quasi-experimental research