In One Study Demonstrating the Pluralistic Ignorance Effect,researchers Pumped Smoke

question 101

Multiple Choice

In one study demonstrating the pluralistic ignorance effect,researchers pumped smoke through a vent into a laboratory where participants were filling out a questionnaire.The results of the study indicated that participants were most likely to report the smoke when

• A) they were in the room alone.
• B) they were in the room with two other participants.
• C) they believed that the smoke was a "truth gas" intended to extract honest answers to the questionnaire.
• D) they were in the room with two confederates who acted as though there was no cause for alarm.

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