The Main Prediction in Freedman and Fraser's First Field Experiment

question 2

Multiple Choice

The main prediction in Freedman and Fraser's first field experiment on compliance, in which they were ostensibly concerned with the inventory of household products in subjects' homes, was that the subjects:

• A) in the One-Contact condition would be most likely to comply with a large request.
• B) in the Agree-Only condition would refuse to carry out the first, smaller request.
• C) in the Familiarization condition would refuse to comply with the first, smaller request.
• D) in the Performance condition would be more likely to agree to the larger request than subjects in any other experimental condition.

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