Russ, Greene, and House (1977) asked college students to wear a sandwich-board sign that said "Repent" and walk around campus for 30 minutes
Although only 50% of the total number of students volunteering for the study agreed to wear the sign, those who did wear the sign estimated 77% of the other participants would do it. Which cognitive bias explains this difference?*
a. confirmation bias
b. false consensus bias
c. primacy effect
d. fundamental attribution error
b
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A research method in which a group of similar people discuss a topic of research with a moderator in order to provide information concerning how people think and feel about that topic is known as a ________ study
a) moderated survey b) discussion group c) case d) focus group
Natasha convinces Joel to take her to the airport by first asking him to loan her his car for a week. Her attempt to get Joel to do her a favor is most likely based on the principles of
a. commitment and reciprocity. b. perceptual contrast and self-perception. c. reciprocal concessions and perceptual contrast. d. self-perception and commitment.