Ross and Colleagues (2004) Randomly Assigned Participants Previously Identified as Either

question 154

Multiple Choice

Ross and colleagues (2004) randomly assigned participants previously identified as either competitive or cooperative to one of two games: the Wall Street Game or the Community Game. They found that two-thirds of the players in the Wall Street Game behaved competitively, compared with one-third of the people who played the Community Game. What do these findings suggest?

• A) True personality differences do not exist.
• B) It is not important to study individual differences in personality.
• C) Seemingly minor aspects of a social situation can override personality differences.
• D) All the competitive people ended up playing the Wall Street Game.

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