Consider the Following Self-Description: "It Is Important to Me to Make

question 110

Multiple Choice

Consider the following self-description: "It is important to me to make others happy.I work hard to cooperate with others and seldom get into arguments.My friends are more important to me than my professional success." A(n) _______ is most likely to have provided such a self-description.

• A) teacher living in Berlin, Germany
• B) professor living in Regina, Saskatchewan
• C) writer living in Paris, France
• D) manager living in Cleveland, Ohio
• E) executive living in Tokyo, Japan

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Definitions:

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