Confidence in the Ability to Do a Task

question 44

Multiple Choice

Confidence in the ability to do a task

• A) is higher for men and women for almost all tasks.
• B) depends on the gender typing of the task; each gender feels more confident about a gender-typical than a gender-atypical task.
• C) depends on the difficulty of the task; both women and men feel confident about simple tasks, but men feel more confident than women about complex tasks.
• D) varies according to hormonal levels; women show cyclic fluctuations in confidence according to their menstrual cycle.

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Definitions:

Stimulus

Anything in the environment that evokes a response from an organism, ranging from physical stimuli to psychological triggers.

Accurately

With precision or exactness, ensuring correctness or validity in information or execution.

Detection

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