Recall That Steve Heine and Colleagues Compared How Canadian and Japanese

question 31

Multiple Choice

Recall that Steve Heine and colleagues compared how Canadian and Japanese students responded to positive or negative feedback after taking a creativity test. After the feedback, participants took a second creativity test. Results showed that

• A) overall, the Japanese tended to score better on both creativity tests.
• B) regardless of feedback type, the Japanese tended to score worse on the second creativity test (relative to the Canadians).
• C) Canadians worked longer on the second creativity test after receiving positive feedback than after receiving negative feedback.
• D) the Japanese worked longer on the second creativity test after receiving positive feedback than after receiving negative feedback.

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