Mat has a confederate drop a stack of papers, either in front of one person or in front of a group of people. She then measures the amount of time it takes for the confederate to receive help in picking up the papers. The manipulation employed in this experiment would be an example of a manipulation.

staged

Explanation:

a videotape, or with a computer.

Staged manipulations is described as the manipulation process where in some occassions events are staged during the experiment in order to manipulate the independent variable successfully.

When the above happens we generally call that type of manipulation a staged manipulation or event manipulation.

Staged manipulations are used for two reasons.

First, when the researcher want to create some psychological state in the participants, such as frustration, anger, or a temporary lowering of self-esteem.

The other case, is staged to simulate certain situation that occurs in the real world.

Mat dropping stacks of papers before participants in a conference was a manipulative move to stimulate their emotion to action. The act is an example of staged manipulation.

no because it could make the world a terrible place to live in.