Question

Which of the following best summarizes how the results of the free SAT prep course experiment support the article’s main argument?
A
These results support the argument that students are more likely to conform to what they expect of them, regardless if the choice is made privately or publicly.
B
These results support the argument that students are more likely to agree with their peers in order to win their approval and become popular.
C
These results support the claim that students are less likely to adhere to their surrounding social group when the choice was made private.
D
These results support the claim that students are more likely to adhere to their surrounding social group when the choice was made public.

Answer 1

Answer:

B.

Explanation:

"Students’ Work Ethic Affected by Peer Groups,  Desire to Be Popular" is an interview hosted by Steve Inskeep on NPR. The inteviewee was Shankar Vedantam.

The inteview focused on the issue of choices made by students that are affected by peer groups and their desire to be popular. To know the results of this theory, a research was conducted by Leonardo Bursztyn at UCLA and  Robert Jensen at the Wharton School. They offered a free SAT prep course to the 11th grade students in honors and non-honors students. And the results proved that students' decisions, when being surrounded by their peers, are influenced. They make choices to win the approval of their peer groups, and the people who want to be popular are more likely to take decisions conforming to the patterns of their peer groups.

So, from the given options the correct one is B.