In a Study by Strass and Colleagues (1989), Students Were

Multiple Choice

In a study by Strass and colleagues (1989) , students were given different pieces of information about various candidates for student body president. Some of this information was shared among all of the students and some of this information was only shared with one student. The results of this study showed that:

A) The students spent the most time discussing the information that they all shared.
B) The students spent the most time discussing the information that only one person initially possessed.
C) The information initially possessed by only one student was evaluated more thoroughly than the information shared with everyone.
D) When researchers told the students to discuss all of the available facts, more time was spent discussing the information that initially only one person possessed.