In Support of the Cognitive-Neoassociation Theory,participants in the Pedersen Et

question 23

Multiple Choice

In support of the cognitive-neoassociation theory,participants in the Pedersen et al (2000) study transferred their hostility from an obnoxious experimenter to a research assistant

• A) when they were annoyed by the obnoxious experimenter.
• B) when the research assistant made some annoying mistakes.
• C) when they failed an anagram task.
• D) when the research assistant was nicer than the experimenter.

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