Festinger and Carlsmith Had Experimental Participants Perform a Dull Task,but

question 78

Multiple Choice

Festinger and Carlsmith had experimental participants perform a dull task,but paid them to lie to a prospective participant that the task had been enjoyable.Results showed that the participants who were paid _____ came to believe the task had been ________________.

• A)$1; tedious and boring
• B)$1; interesting and enjoyable
• C)$20; interesting and enjoyable
• D)$1; frightening

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Definitions:

Reproductive Age

The period in an organism's life during which it is biologically capable of producing offspring.

Offspring

The biological children or young produced by a pair or a group of parents.

Deleterious Allele

A version of a gene that, due to mutation, can result in a lower chance of survival or reproduction for an organism that carries it.

Mutation-Selection Balance

An equilibrium state between the introduction of new genetic mutations and the removal of maladaptive ones by natural selection.