Cross-Cultural Research Looking at Performance on a Difficult Letter-Unscrambling Task

question 112

Multiple Choice

Cross-cultural research looking at performance on a difficult letter-unscrambling task indicates that

• A) Asian-American students worked harder than the European-American students if they were first asked to think about their mothers.
• B) Asian-American students worked harder than the European-American students if they were first asked to think about themselves.
• C) Asian-American and European-American worked equally hard if they were first asked to think about their mothers.
• D) European-American students worked harder than the Asian-American students if they were first asked to think about their mothers.

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