What result would self-perception theory predict from a study in which participants performed a dull task but were paid to tell another subject it was enjoyable?
a. The more subjects are paid, the more guilty they should feel for lying.
b. The more subjects are paid, the more enjoyable they should find the task.
c. The less subjects are paid, the more interesting they should find the task.
d. none of the above
Answer: C
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Kendra theorizes that older people become more frugal with money due to age. Kendra is
proposing a: A) normative age-graded influence. B) cohort effect. C) normative history-graded influence. D) nonnormative influence.
Experiments with large groups of subjects reflect the ____, whereas single-subject studies reflect the ____
a. idiographic orientation; longitudinal orientation b. scientific method; armchair approach c. cross-cultural approach; nomothetic orientation d. nomothetic orientation; idiographic orientation