22 students are asked to comply with a request by their professor after he recalls or is unable to recall their names. Students whose names were recalled started and returned the completed task more quickly than those whose names were not recalled. The results are consistent with the position that remembrance of names motivates compliance with requests. A complimentary interpretation of remembrance of names is argued.
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