Damisch, Stroberock, and Mussweiller (2010) Conducted an Experiment That Had

question 20

Multiple Choice

Damisch, Stroberock, and Mussweiller (2010) conducted an experiment that had college students remember cards in a memory game. One group did this in the presence of a lucky charm of their choosing, and another group did the task without the charm. Participants also rated their self-efficacy after the task. The results of the experiment showed that the group with the lucky charm performed _____ on the task and gave themselves a _____ rating for self-efficacy.

• A) worse; higher
• B) better; higher
• C) worse; lower
• D) better; lower

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