A Study Comparing Protestants and Non-Protestants in Their Interactions with Others

question 33

Multiple Choice

A study comparing Protestants and non-Protestants in their interactions with others in a working context found that Protestants

• A) paid more attention to relational cues than non-Protestants, regardless of condition.
• B) did not work as hard at the task compared with non-Protestants.
• C) worked harder at the task than non-Protestants when it was an enjoyable task but the two groups did not differ in their work when it was a serious work task.
• D) paid less attention to relational cues than non-Protestant men in a serious work task.
• E) worked less hard than non-Protestants when it was a serious work task.

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