Question

The fact that survey respondents overreport voting in elections and the frequency of their church attendance is an example of the ________.
a. bandwagon effect
b. social desirability effect
c. coattail effect
d. median voter theorem
e. hawthorne effect

Answer 1

Answer:

b. social desirability effect

Explanation:

The social desirability effect is defined as the tendency to convey a culturally acceptable image in accordance with social norms and may bias the evaluation of various parameters in scientific research, especially self-reported ones, by leading participants to provide answers that believe they are socially accepted and avoid being associated with socially disapproved opinions or behaviors

Based on this concept, we can conclude that the fact that survey respondents overreport voting in elections and the frequency of their church attendance is an example of the social desirability effect.