Which of the following statements about participant roles is TRUE?
A) Research has shown that most research participants are apathetic about their participation.
B) In general, research that is properly designed to avoid demand characteristics and is properly carried out is unlikely to elicit role-related behavior.
C) Participant roles are more a function of participants' personality traits than of the presence of demand characteristics in the research.
D) Research has shown that most "negative" participants are not really negative; rather, they have misunderstood the experimenter's instructions.

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Participant roles are the behaviors and attitudes that participants might adopt during research, often in response to demand characteristics. Research that is properly designed and carried out to avoid demand characteristics is less likely to elicit role-related behavior. Therefore, option B is true. Options A, C, and D are all false statements.

Which of the Following Statements About Participant Roles Is TRUE