84 subjects read about an aggression experiment in which the target actor delivered severe shocks to a confederate. Two other participants in the same session behaved either aggressively (high consensus) or not aggressively (low consensus) and delivered their shocks either before or after the target actor. Causal attributions to the actor, the confederate, and the circumstances were obtained. Significant order effects and an interaction of consensus × order suggested that order is important when consensus is presented sequentially.
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