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Is it possible that given time to think, the subjects decided that they probably couldn't get away with cheating, despite wanting to?

• olalonde 15y ago
  It's an interesting hypothesis but it doesn't seem to change the conclusion that "cheating is instinctive".
  • rbarooah 15y ago
    True, as long as you mean 'instinctive' in the sense of default, rather than in the sense of innate.
    • olalonde 15y ago
      Yes that's what I meant.
• Kiro 15y ago
  This is what I'm thinking as well. The more they think about it the more they realize that the possiblity of cheating may be part of the experiment and decide not to do it because they don't want to look like a crook.