Suppose that you are a research participant in a study, and a researcher asks you to work on a puzzle while sitting in front of a mirror. He also mentions that your performance will be videotaped. Given these two pieces of information, you would be wise to suspect that the researcher is trying to increase ____.
A) the self-reference effect
B) self-awareness
C) interdependent self-construal
D) the consistency motive

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Asking the research participant to work on a puzzle while sitting in front of a mirror and mentioning that their performance will be videotaped indicates that the researcher is trying to increase self-awareness. The mirror will reflect back their behavior, and being videotaped will make them more conscious of their actions, leading to increased self-awareness.

Suppose That You Are a Research Participant in a Study