In support of the cognitive-neoassociation theory, participants in the Pedersen et al (2000) study transferred their hostility from an obnoxious experimenter to a research assistant
A) when they were annoyed by the obnoxious experimenter.
B) when the research assistant made some annoying mistakes.
C) when they failed an anagram task.
D) when the research assistant was nicer than the experimenter.
Answer: B
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