Additional comparisons revealed that aware-LNS participants became less strict in the third test than did unaware LNS participants. The aware and unaware SNL participants did not differ. This suggests that the sequence of biased feedback may matter as well. If one is manipulated to become more lax over time (SNL), learning that a computer is actually providing the feedback could be congruent with that manipulation. If increasing leniency with time is natural (Donaldson & Murdock, 1968; Verde & Rotello, 2007), being aware that a person did not provide feedback might not interfere with that tendency. In contrast, if one is manipulated to become stricter (LNS), knowing of a deception might work against that manipulation, resulting in less conservative criteria than among the deception-unaware individuals. If the presence of a reliable and high-achieving peer assists in becoming conser vative over time, disrupting belief in that peer might remove an important factor contributing to the adoption of stricter criteria.