In a Research Study,participants Who Did Poorly on a Task

question 77

Multiple Choice

In a research study,participants who did poorly on a task were given a chance to give clues to help a friend and a stranger perform the same task.The results of the study indicated that participants gave better clues to

• A) a stranger than to a friend when the task was described as an indicator of intellectual ability.
• B) a stranger than to a friend when the task was described as just a game.
• C) a friend than to a stranger when the task was described as an indicator of intellectual ability.
• D) a friend than to a stranger regardless of how the task was described.

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