Suppose That You Are a Research Participant in a Study

question 85

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you are a research participant in a study, and a researcher asks you to work on a puzzle while sitting in front of a mirror.He also mentions that your performance will be recorded.Given these two pieces of information, you would be wise to suspect that the researcher is trying to increase ____.

• A)the self-reference effect
• B)self-awareness
• C)interdependent self-construal
• D)the consistency motive

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