In the Jones and Harris (1967)study,participants Read Essays That Either

question 9

Multiple Choice

In the Jones and Harris (1967) study,participants read essays that either supported or opposed Cuban leader Fidel Castro.Participants were either led to believe that the essay writers had chosen their own stance to write about (choice condition) ,or that the writers had been forced to adopt the position put forth in the essay (forced condition) .What did the results of this study demonstrate?

• A) It demonstrated that only in the choice condition did participants believe that the arguments in the essay were somewhat indicative of the writer's true Castro attitudes.
• B) It demonstrated that participants in both conditions were equally likely to believe that the essay revealed information about the writer's true Castro attitudes.
• C) It demonstrated that that in the forced condition,participants understood that the beliefs presented in the essay were chosen by the professor and made no attributions about the writer's beliefs.
• D) It demonstrated support for the idea of the fundamental attribution error.

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