Suppose That You Are Working with a Group of Monkeys

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you are working with a group of monkeys, and you give some monkeys a small reward (a cucumber) for performing a given task, while you give other monkeys a bigger and better reward (a banana) for performing the exact same task. Research suggests that the monkeys ____ compare their rewards, and that, as a result, ____.

A) will not; neither group will become distressed
B) will; those receiving cucumbers will become distressed
C) will; those receiving bananas will become distressed
D) will; both those receiving cucumbers and those receiving bananas will become distressed