In One Study on the Effects of Priming, Participants All

question 99

Multiple Choice

In one study on the effects of priming, participants all completed a sentence unscrambling task, but half the participants saw words in their sentences related to rudeness, while the other half saw words related to politeness. What was the observed effect of this priming in a subsequent situation?

• A) About one-third of the participants primed with rudeness interrupted the experimenter in less than 10 minutes.
• B) About two-thirds of the participants primed with rudeness interrupted the experimenter in less than 10 minutes.
• C) About two-thirds of the participants primed with politeness said kind words to the experimenter.
• D) About two-thirds of the participants primed with politeness failed to ever interrupt the experimenter.

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