According to the Authors of Your Text, When Faced with a Puzzling

question 49

Multiple Choice

According to the authors of your text, when faced with a puzzling social question, it may be tempting to ask people why they behaved as they did. Why is this not always the best way to understand social behavior?

• A) People almost always lie when they are interviewed.
• B) People would feel defensive, even when asked benign questions.
• C) People would not necessarily know why they behaved as they did.
• D) People would simply answer randomly.

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