Participants in an Experiment Conducted by Keith Davis and E

question 66

Multiple Choice

Participants in an experiment conducted by Keith Davis and E.E.Jones (1960) were induced to provide hurtful feedback to another person (actually a confederate,of course) .After providing such mean assessments of his performance,participants then evaluated him privately.After providing an unsolicited criticism,these participants' evaluations of the confederate were _______ because the _______.

• A) more negative; victim did not stand up for himself after the insults.
• B) more positive; participants regretted having hurt an innocent victim.
• C) more positive; participants wanted to assuage their guilty feelings.
• D) more positive; victim did not stand up for himself after the insults.
• E) more negative; participants convinced themselves that the victim deserved it.

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