In a Study of Social Identity Theory,participants Completed an Artistic-Preference

Multiple Choice

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.