Self-study
Students asked by a psychologist to tell a lie before discussion groups vastly overestimated how many people in the discussion groups could tell they were lying. █████ ████████ ███ █████ ████ ████ ██████████ ███████ ███████ █████████ ██████ ██ ███ ██████ █████████ ██████ ████ ███ ████ █████ ████ ███ ███████ ███████ ████████ ██ ███ ████████ ██████████ █ ███████ ███████ █ █████ ███████ ███████ █ ████ ████ ██ ███████ ███████████ ████████ ████ ████ █ █████ ████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ███ ████ ███████ ███ ██████ ████████ ██ ███ █████████ █████████████
Summary
Students asked to tell a lie in a discussion group overestimated how many people in the group could tell that they were lying. Similarly, volleyball players that perform unusually poorly expect teammates to notice this more than the teammates actually do. Finally, a student wearing a funny T-shirt was noticed only by a small number of people in a room, contrary to what the student expected.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
People tend to think that their appearance is noticed by others more often than what actually happens.
11.
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a
People tend to ██ ███ ████ █████ ██ █████ ███ ██████████ ███ ████████ ████ ███ █████ ███████
This answer is anti-supported. We know from the stimulus that people tend to be more aware of their own appearance, not less aware.
b
People tend not ██ ██████ ███ ██████████ ██ ████████ ██ ███████
This answer is unsupported. It’s not that people in these experiments didn’t notice the appearance or behavior of others, it’s that there is a significant difference in perception. People perceive others to be aware of their appearance more often than others actually are.
c
We are actually ████ █████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ███ ████████ ██ ██████ ████ ██ █████ █████████ ██ ███
This answer is unsupported. This answer gets it “backwards” and is from the other perspective of whether a person accurately assesses how aware they are of other people.
d
People will notice ███ ██████████ ██ ████████ ██ ██████ ████ ██ ██ ██ ████████████ ███████████ ██ ████ ████
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus what is necessary in order for others to notice a person’s appearance or behavior.
e
People tend to ███████ █████ ██████████ ███ ████████ ███ ███████ ██ ██████ ████ █████ ████ ██ ████████ ███ █████
This answer is strongly supported. People generally over-expect others to notice their appearance or behavior.