Research on acquiescence has revealed that a common reason that people engage in it is because
a. they view the surveyor as being of higher status and feel pressure to agree with questions the surveyor poses.
b. they often don't know an answer to a question, so they give the response that makes them look best.
c. they are not willing to think about questions deeply in order to generate an accurate response.
d. it allows them to avoid nondifferentiated responses.
A
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