Participants in an experiment conducted by Davis and Jones (1960) were instructed to provide hurtful feedback to another person (actually a confederate, of course)
After providing such mean assessments of his performance, participants then evaluated him privately. After providing this criticism, these participants' evaluations of the confederate were more ________ because the ________.
a. positive; participants regretted having hurt an innocent victim
b. negative; participants convinced themselves that the victim deserved it
c. negative; victim did not stand up for himself after the insults
d. positive; participants wanted to assuage their feelings of guilt
Answer: B
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