Relationships among degrees of awareness of expectations, intentions to comply, and verbal conditioning were investigated. Only aware Ss reporting intentions to comply with perceived experimental expectations conditioned. Awareness of expectations alone was found to be unrelated to conditioning. Analyses disclosed no relationship between degrees of awareness and intentions to comply, contrary to Orne's (1962) suggestion.
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