A Group of Participants Is Given a Hammer

question 2

Multiple Choice

A group of participants is given a hammer.They are asked to collectively strike the hammer onto a pad as hard as possible.Under which of the following circumstances would people try less hard on this group task than if they performed it individually?

• A)They do not have relationships with the other group members.
• B)They are all women.
• C)They are from a collectivistic culture.
• D)Their individual contributions are monitored.
• E)They did not have a sufficiently filling meal prior to the task.

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Definitions:

Causation

The relationship between cause and effect where one event (the cause) is understood to be responsible for the occurrence of another event (the effect).

Correlation

A measure of the relationship between two variables or sets of data.

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Intention-To-Treat

An approach in clinical trials where the analysis includes all participants exactly as they were allocated, regardless of whether they completed the treatment according to the study protocol.