It's Halloween, but You Don't Want to Be Running Back

question 106

Multiple Choice

It's Halloween, but you don't want to be running back and forth to answer the door. To avoid any "tricks," you decide to leave a large container of candy on the porch. You've just read about self-awareness theory, and you have a hunch about how to keep greedy trick-or-treaters from taking more than their fair share of the candy. You decide to __________.

• A) install a one-way mirror to catch and punish offenders, and to make an example of them
• B) place a large mirror behind the candy, so that children can see themselves as they approach
• C) set up a tape-recorder that plays songs about cooperation and giving
• D) place a picture of the Wicked Witch of the West behind the candy to warn them of what will happen if they take too much

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