In a research study, participants who did poorly on a task were given a chance to give clues to a friend and a stranger perform the same task. the results of the study indicated that participants gave better clues to

This is based on the Self – evaluation theory of Tesser and Smith (1980). The experiment goes one person in for each friend pair specified false feedback - you did poorly! Person who "did poorly" later now will be the one to give clues to acquaintance and to the stranger. Hints differ in practicality/difficulty (so that other's act can be improved or harmed). In low ego-relevant tasks, individuals were more possible to give their friends easier clues as different to high ego-relevant tasks where individuals would give tougher clues to their friend than the stranger.

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