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Dr. Smith conducts an experiment on motivation. His experimental group is administered the independent variable. His control group is not. Dr. Smith hires Jack to act as a research subject who has little motivation despite the encouragement provided to him during the experiment. Dr. Smith wants to see how Jack’s behavior affects the motivation of the actual research subjects in the experimental group. In this experiment, Jack is serving as _______

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Answer:

Jack is serving as a confederate in Dr. Smith's experiment on motivation.

Explanation:

A confederate is a person or an individual who participates in a psychological experiment by pretending to be one of the research subjects or subject of study in the research or study. A confederate is hired for working in the experiment by the researcher, to test the conformity of the experiment of the research.

Therefore, Jack is serving as a confederate in Dr. Smith's experiment on motivation.

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