Participants in an experiment conducted by Keith Davis and E.E.Jones (1960)were induced to provide hurtful feedback to another person (actually a confederate,of course).After providing such mean assessments of his performance,participants then evaluated him privately.After providing an unsolicited criticism,these participants' evaluations of the confederate were ____ because the ____.

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The participants provided hurtful feedback to the confederate and then evaluated him privately. This suggests that they did not want to appear too harsh or mean in front of others. Therefore, they convinced themselves that the victim deserved the criticism, leading to more negative evaluations. Option A is unlikely because the participants were induced to provide hurtful feedback, so they may not regret it. Option C is irrelevant because the victim's behavior after the insults did not affect the participants' evaluations. Option D is also unlikely because the participants may not have felt guilty about their actions.

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