Haidt and Keltner (1999) Conducted a Study in Which Participants

question 13

Multiple Choice

Haidt and Keltner (1999) conducted a study in which participants in the United States and Eastern India looked at posed expressions of embarrassment and shame, provided an emotion label for that expression, and were asked to tell a story about what might have happened to cause the person's emotion. Which of the following is FALSE regarding the results of the study?

• A) Participants in the United States consistently gave the expected labels for the embarrassment and shame expressions.
• B) Participants in India gave the same word - lajya - as the label for both expressions.
• C) Participants in the United States said the embarrassed-looking person was probably the focus of awkward social attention, but that the ashamed-looking person had probably done something morally wrong.
• D) Participants in India said that both the embarrassed-looking and the ashamed-looking people had probably done something wrong.

Grasp the concept of discretion given to managers of profit centers.

Comprehend the impact of outsourced services on company operations and profits.

Identify the considerations involved in setting transfer prices.

Understand how transfer prices affect the buying and selling decisions within a company.

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