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Social psychologist Amara Okafor designed a study to test what sustains honesty under temptation. Before a difficult scored task, one group of participants was told that a researcher might step into the room at any point to check on them; a second group was assured that no one would enter and that no recording would be made. No researcher ever actually entered either room, yet the first group cheated significantly less often than the second. Okafor concludes that the mere ______ of being observed acts as a powerful deterrent to dishonest behavior. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- fear
- evidence
- prospect
- certainty
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