Question

Wegner et al. conducted an experiment where half the subjects were told to try to respond in a non-sexist way on a sentence completion task. Compared to a control group (who received no thought suppression instruction) the experimental group __________.

Answer 1

A). Gave fewer sexist responses when they had lots of time to respond, but more sexist responses when they had very little time to respond.

Step-by-step explanation:

As per the experiment, the experimental group 'would give fewer sexist responses when they had sufficient time to respond while more sexist responses when they were given very little time to respond' as compared to a controlled group. The major reason behind these outcomes is that an experimental group is revealed to an independent variable and thus, when people had time and liberty(independent) from the instructions associated to thought suppression(like control group), they gave fewer sexist responses. This comparison of responses among the two groups(control and experimental) assists the researchers in order to test the impact of the manipulation of a variable on the participants. Therefore, option A is the correct answers.