Which of the Following Scenarios Is an Example of Self-Enhancement

question 54

Multiple Choice

Which of the following scenarios is an example of self-enhancement deception?

• A) saying you make more money than you really do
• B) lying about the fact you were fired from your last job
• C) telling your friend she "looks fine" when you really think she doesn't
• D) spreading a false rumor about a colleague in order to get him fired

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Definitions:

Confidence Intervals

A range of values, derived from a data set, used to estimate the uncertainty surrounding an estimated parameter.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, used for hypothesis testing and constructing confidence intervals.

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true, commonly denoted as alpha.

Statistically Significant

An observation or effect sufficiently large or important to be unlikely to have occurred by chance, as per a predefined threshold in hypothesis testing.