Author Question: Mills (1958) had elementary school children compete for attractive prizes. The children could cheat ... (Read 165 times)

jerry coleman · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Mills (1958) had elementary school children compete for attractive prizes. The children could cheat to win the prizes, but they didn't know that the experimenter would be assured of detecting the cheaters. Some children cheated, and others did not.

The next day,
a. none of the students endorsed cheating as acceptable.
b. those who had cheated earlier became more lenient in their attitudes about cheating.
c. those who didn't cheat earlier became more lenient in their attitudes about cheating.
d. when they were offered a large inducement to cheat, most students cheated.

Question 2

According to the authors of your text, when people are tempted to behave immorally and they choose to be either moral or immoral in that situation, how do they justify their actions?

a. They actually change their attitudes to concur with their actions.
b. They merely rationalize their actions, and retain their attitudes.
c. They add cognitions to reduce the dissonance.
d. They become less satisfied with their behaviors.