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

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Bob is using active deception by having a research assistant pretend to be a participant and display a negative attitude, actively misleading the participants about the true nature of the study.

Bob Is Conducting Research to Investigate the Effects of Attitude