Ross and Samuels (1993)randomly Assigned Participants Previously Identified as Cooperative

question 157

Multiple Choice

Ross and Samuels (1993) randomly assigned participants previously identified as cooperative and participants identified as competitive to play a game that was labeled either the "Wall Street Game" or the "Community Game." If their results had indicated that,no matter what the game,participants who were identified as competitive behaved more competitively in both groups than did participants who were identified as cooperative,these findings would have suggested that

• A)seemingly minor aspects of a social situation can override personality differences.
• B)cooperation and competition are based on personality characteristics that are consistent across social situations.
• C)competitive participants in the "Wall Street Game" caused their partners to respond in kind.
• D)cooperative participants in the "Community Game" caused their partners to respond in kind.

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