Replicating Festinger and Carlsmith, students performed a tedious peg-turning task and were paid either 20 to tell a waiting student the task was enjoyable. Students paid 20. Both groups initially reported the task as boring.
An observer who concludes that the $1 students "really must have liked the task" without considering the manipulation is committing:
- A
Confirmation bias
- B
The actor-observer effect favoring the situation
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The fundamental attribution error
- D
The self-serving bias
Explanation
Attributing the students' positive ratings to internal preference, while ignoring the situational pressure to justify their lie, exemplifies the fundamental attribution error.