When Pairs of Participants Played a Competitive Game, and Researchers

question 82

Multiple Choice

When pairs of participants played a competitive game, and researchers told one member of each pair that the other was either hostile or friendly, the players who were led to believe that their partner was hostile behaved ________.

• A) differently than players who were led to believe that their partner was friendly, and their partner's behavior actually became more hostile
• B) differently than players who were led to believe that their partner was friendly, but their partner's behavior did not change
• C) no differently than players who were led to believe that their partner was friendly, and their partner's behavior did not change
• D) no differently than players who were led to believe that their partner was friendly, but their partner's behavior actually became more hostile

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