Jason had signed up for a social psychology study where he was completing a survey about prejudice and racism.Even though he holds a belief that some minority groups are lazy and feels negatively towards them,he completed the survey according to what he thought the researchers would want to hear.He also made himself appear in a positive light.The tendency for people to do this is called

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Social desirability refers to the tendency for people to modify their responses to appear more socially acceptable or desirable. In this case, Jason modified his responses to avoid appearing prejudiced or racist, and to appear positively to the researchers. Hindsight bias refers to the tendency to overestimate one's ability to have predicted an event after it has occurred. Naturalistic fallacy refers to the belief that something is good simply because it is natural, and unrepresentative sampling refers to the potential bias that can occur when a sample is not representative of the larger population.

Jason Had Signed Up for a Social Psychology Study Where