Considering the Results of the Study by Shariff and Norenzayan

question 180

Multiple Choice

Considering the results of the study by Shariff and Norenzayan (2007) presented in your text, why is it that when people were primed with words related to God or fairness to others, they left more money for the next person?

• A) Goals of altruism were activated without the participants' awareness.
• B) Participants believed their sense of fairness was being evaluated.
• C) Participants were told that the next participant would know how much money they left and their name.
• D) Goals of generosity versus frugality were made salient.

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Definitions:

Factory Overhead Applied

The allocation of estimated factory overhead costs to individual units of production.

Depreciation Expenses

The systematic allocation of the depreciable amount of an asset over its useful life to account for wear and tear, obsolescence, or decay.

Equivalent Units

A concept in cost accounting used to express the amount of work done by incomplete units in terms of fully completed units.

Average Cost Method

An inventory costing method that determines the cost of goods sold and ending inventory based on the average cost of all similar items available during the period.