Robert Feldman and Thomas Prohaska (1979)studied the Effect of Students

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Multiple Choice

Robert Feldman and Thomas Prohaska (1979) studied the effect of students' expectations upon their teachers and found that

• A)students with low expectations perceived all the teachers similarly.
• B)students' expectations were in direct contrast to a teacher's perceived competence.
• C)a teacher's perceived competence was unaffected by students' expectations.
• D)students' expectations affected both the students and the perceived competence of a teacher.

Calculate activity variances and identify them as favorable or unfavorable.

Prepare flexible budgets based on actual activity levels.

Analyze the financial performance of a company through its activity variances.

Understand the impact of cost drivers (such as student numbers, course count, guests, jeeps, etc.) on budgeting.

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Definitions:

Conformity

The tendency to align one's attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors with those of a group or social norm.

Normative Influence

The impact of the social environment on individuals' behavior, where people conform to the expectations of a group to be liked, accepted, or to avoid disapproval.

Social Pressure

The influence exerted by society or social groups on individuals to conform to expected norms and behaviors.

Milgram's Study

A series of social psychology experiments conducted by Stanley Milgram, which aimed to measure the willingness of study participants to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts conflicting with their personal conscience.