Participants Could Flip a Coin and Announce the Results (Favorable

question 178

Multiple Choice

Participants could flip a coin and announce the results (favorable to themselves or someone else) ,or they could let the experimenter flip the coin.What did most of them do?​

• A)Most chose to flip the coin, and then announced the result honestly.
• B)​Most chose to flip the coin, and then lied about the result.
• C)​Most requested that the other person flip the coin.
• D)​Most chose to let the experimenter flip the coin.

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