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In an experiment conducted by Festinger and Carlsmith (1959), participants had to perform a boring task and were paid either 1 or 20 to tell the next participant that the task was interesting. The results of the experiment demonstrated that
 
  A) those who received 20 saw the task as more enjoyable than those who received 1.
  B) those who received 1 saw the task as more enjoyable than those who received 20.
  C) participants were not likely to tell the lie regardless of the payment.
  D) even though participants told the next participant that they enjoyed the task, later they confessed that they had not enjoyed the task, regardless of how much they were paid.

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What is relative deprivation?
 
  a. when people feel deprived of having close relatives they can count on
  b. when people live in poverty and feel they have no hope of improvement
  c. when people feel there is an unfair discrepancy between what they have and what they expect to get
  d. when some people earn relatively less than others for doing the same work



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juliaf

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C




folubunmi

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Excellent


EAN94

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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