Using an Experience Sampling Technique to Study Lying, DePaulo and Colleagues

question 75

Multiple Choice

Using an experience sampling technique to study lying, DePaulo and colleagues reported that

• A) almost all the lies that college students told were designed to make others feel better.
• B) college students reported, on average, twenty lies a day.
• C) college students almost never lied.
• D) college students typically told lies to friends to make them feel better, but told self-serving lies to strangers.

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