Jason Had Signed Up for a Social Psychology Study Where

question 98

Multiple Choice

Jason had signed up for a social psychology study where he was completing a survey about prejudice and racism.Even though he holds a belief that some minority groups are lazy and feels negatively towards them,he completed the survey according to what he thought the researchers would want to hear.He also made himself appear in a positive light.The tendency for people to do this is called

• A)hindsight bias.
• B)naturalistic fallacy.
• C)unrepresentative sampling.
• D)social desirability.

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