Nicole informs research participants that they had either performed well or performed poorly on a simple cognitive test regardless of the participants' actual performance on the test. Nicole is employing the use of __________ deception in her study.
A) justified
B) permissive
C) active
D) passive

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Nicole is actively deceiving the research participants by giving them false information about their performance on the cognitive test.

Nicole Informs Research Participants That They Had Either Performed Well