Recall that Harold Kelley (1950) told some college students that their guest lecturer was a warm person, and others that he was a cold person. The visitor then lectured for twenty minutes, and behaved in a very arrogant way during the lecture
When students evaluated the lecturer,
a. no matter what the expectation, none of the students liked the arrogant lecturer.
b. those students who expected a warm person interpreted his "arrogance" as insecurity.
c. students expecting a warm person rated the lecturer as funnier, but no less arrogant than students who expected a cold person.
d. students who expected a cold person rated the lecturer as less arrogant than students who expected a warm person.
Answer: C
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