A Researcher Asks Participants If They Can Hear the Radio

question 121

Multiple Choice

A researcher asks participants if they can hear the radio over the background static when actually only pure static is present.Participants are more likely to hear the radio when other participants say they do.This research is most similar in interpretation to

• A) Milgram's shock study.
• B) Zimbardo's prison study.
• C) Sherif's autokinetic effect study.
• D) Latané and Darley's decision tree.

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