Graduate Students Are Barely Given Enough Money to Buy Noodle

question 47

Multiple Choice

Graduate students are barely given enough money to buy noodle soup.When they finish their degrees they jump at the chance to work for a university for pauper's wages.The universities are able to keep the salaries low and still have plenty of applicants because of

• A)positive contrast.
• B)negative contrast.
• C)simultaneous contrast.
• D)stereotypic contrast.

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