Andersen and Bem (1981) Conducted a Variation of the Getting-Acquainted

question 198

Multiple Choice

Andersen and Bem (1981) conducted a variation of the getting-acquainted telephone study by Snyder, Elizabeth Tanke, and Berscheid (1977) . Andersen and Bem provided attractive and unattractive photos of men to women who interacted with men at the other end of a telephone. What would you expect happened when the women thought that the men with whom they were speaking were the men in the photos?

• A) The female participants did not fall prey to the self-fulfilling prophecy as did men in previous studies.
• B) The results were similar to studies in which men were provided the photos.
• C) The men on the other end did not change their behaviors in response to the women's differential treatment.
• D) Because the men controlled the conversations, the self-fulfilling prophecy did not occur.

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Definitions:

MC

In economics, MC stands for Marginal Cost, which is the cost of producing one additional unit of a good or service.

Variable Costs

Costs that change in proportion to the level of goods or services that a business produces.

Product Demand Curves

Graphical representations showing the relationship between the price of a product and the quantity of the product demanded.

Normal Profit

The minimum profit necessary for a company to remain competitive in the market; it occurs when total revenue equals total costs.