Participants in One Study Were Divided into Those with and Without

question 27

Multiple Choice

Participants in one study were divided into those with and without a well-developed "independence" schema. Later, participants were asked about their own level of independence. Compared to aschematics, participants with a strong independence schema

• A) took longer to answer because they had more information to process.
• B) took longer to answer because it was more important to them to give a correct answer.
• C) took less time to answer.
• D) took the same amount of time to answer, but were more confident of their answers.

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Definitions:

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