Abstract
The drama triangle is often used to make post-hoc explanations of behavior. The present study, which used 90 college students as subjects, was conducted to test the concept of the drama triangle in a laboratory setting. It was hypothesized that subjects would be more likely to volunteer for a second task when the experimenter remained in the “Victim” role than when she switched from “Victim” to “Persecutor.” The data obtained support this hypothesis.