Perhaps the questions should give concrete scenarios. Something like
Ann needed to visit Chicago to go to a conference, and asked her friend Beth “Can I stay in your apartment Mon through Wed”. Beth answered, “no, it’s too much trouble to have a houseguest”. Was Beth unreasonable?
and
Your friend Ann send you an email saying, “I need to go to Chicago for a conference, can I stay with you in your apartment Mon through Wed?” Is this an inconsiderate request?
I suspect this works best if you avoid priming the test subjects on what they’re going to be tested on, otherwise I think they will expend effort to seem extra-reasonable contra their natural impulse.
But, yes, good idea, I was way too quick to call it an insurmountable problem.
Perhaps the questions should give concrete scenarios. Something like
and
I suspect this works best if you avoid priming the test subjects on what they’re going to be tested on, otherwise I think they will expend effort to seem extra-reasonable contra their natural impulse.
But, yes, good idea, I was way too quick to call it an insurmountable problem.