In One of the First Social Psychological Experiments Ever Conducted

question 114

Multiple Choice

In one of the first social psychological experiments ever conducted, researcher Norman Triplett built a "competition machine," in which children wind up a fishing reel. He found that the children were able to wind more quickly when ____.

• A)they worked as a group side by side than when they worked alone
• B)they worked alone than when they worked as a group side by side
• C)they were explicitly asked to work as fast as possible
• D)they were explicitly asked to take their time to "get it right"

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