Your Textbook Describes an Experiment Where Confederates Asked Participants If

question 64

Multiple Choice

Your textbook describes an experiment where confederates asked participants if they could cut in line to make photocopies. Participant compliance was highest when ________, and lowest when ________.

• A) a justification was given; when no justification was given
• B) the appearance of a reason was given; no justification was given
• C) no reason was given; a justification was given
• D) no justification was given; the appearance of a reason was given

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Definitions:

Random Variable

A variable whose values depend on outcomes of a random phenomenon, with each outcome associated with a different value or set of values.

Occurrences

The instances or times that something happens or arises; the frequency of events.

Expected Value

The anticipated value or mean outcome of a variable, calculated as the sum of all possible values each multiplied by its probability of occurrence.

Sample Information

Data collected from a subset of a larger group or population to infer or analyze characteristics of the whole group.