In a Study Determining the Most Likely Cause for Reciprocity

question 118

Multiple Choice

In a study determining the most likely cause for reciprocity effects, participants in which condition(s) were MOST likely to help a confederate who asked them to purchase lottery tickets at the end of the study?

• A) those who had not received a soda during the study
• B) those who were given a soda by the confederate during the study
• C) those who were given a soda by the experimenter during the study
• D) those who were given a soda by either the experimenter or the confederate during the study

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Definitions:

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