Read the passage from “People Don’t Know When They’re Being Jerks.”
Finding out took a Herculean effort and nine years of work. The researchers asked college students to spend time wearing audio recorders that would automatically activate every 9.5 minutes between 7 a.m. and 2 a.m. to record 30 seconds of audio each. These participants would then be emailed or texted surveys four times a day asking them to recall how extroverted, agreeable, conscientious or neurotic (a measurement of their level of worry) they were during a particular hour of the day.
Which statement best expresses the meaning within this passage?
People Don’t Know When They’re Being Jerks
College students worked extremely hard to complete the study.
It can take years to compile accurate results from research projects.
People were recorded and surveyed about their behavior throughout the day.
High school students were not considered old enough to handle the responsibilities of the experiment.
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