Imagine You Are Walking Down the Street and Passed by a Driver

question 12

Multiple Choice

Imagine you are walking down the street and passed by a driver who needed money for the parking meter. According to research on compliance, under which of the following conditions would you be most likely to give the driver some spare change?

• A) when the request for change came from a fashionably dressed person
• B) when the request for change came from a poorly dressed person
• C) when the request for change came from a uniformed parking officer
• D) when the request for change came from the driver's young child

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Definitions:

Misconception

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