When researchers asked participants to refrain from eating sweet-smelling cookies presented to them in a room, the participants later exhibited
A) more effort in solving difficult logic problems
B) less time and effort attempting to solve difficult puzzles
C) more effort and time to solve simple arithmetic problems
D) increased self-control in a separate cookie task

Question

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The act of resisting the cookies likely depleted the participants' self-control resources, leading to less effort and persistence in subsequent tasks, such as solving difficult puzzles.

When Researchers Asked Participants to Refrain from Eating Sweet-Smelling Cookies