Recall That Ed Diener and His Colleagues Monitored Almost Thirty

question 48

Multiple Choice

Recall that Ed Diener and his colleagues monitored almost thirty homes throughout the city of Seattle on Halloween night.They recorded whether each trick-or-treater arrived alone or in a group.The researchers also randomly asked some children arriving alone and some arriving in groups to provide their names and addresses.What did the results of this study show?

• A) Compared with children who arrived alone, children arriving in groups were more likely to provide their names and addresses.
• B) Compared with children who arrived in groups, children who arrived alone were more likely to be asked for their names and addresses.
• C) Compared with children who arrived in groups, children arriving alone tended to take more treats than they were supposed to.
• D) Compared with children who were asked for their names and addresses, children who were not asked for this information tended to take more treats than they were supposed to.

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