In a study of social identity theory,participants completed an artistic-preference task to determine if they had a "figure orientation" or a "group orientation." In reality,students were randomly assigned to a "figure orientation" or a "ground orientation" group.Next,they completed a questionnaire measuring a new personality trait called "surgency." Some of the participants were then told that members of their same group were high in "surgency." What were the results of this study?

A) Participants assigned to the "figure" group rated themselves as high in surgency.
B) Participants assigned to the "ground" group rated themselves as low in surgency.
C) Participants who believed their ingroup was high in surgency rated themselves as high in surgency.
D) Participants who believed that the outgroup was high in surgency rated themselves as high in surgency.

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Oscar Vazquez · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  The study involved measuring the effect of group identity on the participants' self-concept. Participants were assigned to the figure or ground group, but this was just a random assignment. Then they completed a personality questionnaire measuring surgency, which was a new personality trait. Some participants were told that their ingroup was high in surgency. The results showed that participants who believed their ingroup was high in surgency rated themselves as high in surgency. Therefore, choice C is the correct answer. Option A and B are not true because the study did not find any relationship between group assignment and self-ratings of surgency. Option D is also incorrect because the study did not manipulate the outgroup's level of surgency or measure its impact.

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