Imagine That Your Best Friend Believes You Should Always Strive

Multiple Choice

Imagine that your best friend believes you should always strive to look out for your own best interest, at any cost, but your spouse believes you should be a "team player" and prioritize your relationships with others over your own individual goals. Imagine you are in a situation where you can either help a colleague and share credit for the success, or point out your colleague's mistakes to your supervisor and potentially receive a promotion. If your best friend is present when you are making the decision - activating cognitive representations of your best friend - which of the following is likely to result?

A) You will help your colleague, in order to show your best friend that you are a valuable person to have as a friend
B) You will go to your supervisor, because your own potential gain will seem like a more important goal
C) You will neither help your colleague nor go to your supervisor, in order to avoid goal conflict
D) None of the above