Question

A researcher is conducting an experiment into the effects of time pressure on helping behavior. In order to divert the participants away from the real purpose of the experiment, the researcher tells participants an elaborate cover story that the purpose of the experiment is to look at the effects of stress on speech performance. The researcher is using:

a suspicion probe.
a red herring technique.
debriefing.
manipulation checks.

Answer 1

Answer: Red herring technique

Step-by-step explanation:

Red herring is a wrong reasoning or argument that is different from the topic of discussion which is introduced purposely to distract the attention of those listening from what the main issue is. This technique could be adopted intentionally or as a rhetorical strategy. It was made popular in 1807 by William Cobbett an English Polemicist.