Raymond Mayer Is Conducting a Study on Discrimination Against Campaign

question 106

Multiple Choice

Raymond Mayer is conducting a study on discrimination against campaign activists based on gender. In his study, he noted that male executives who visited Indonesian villages to promote the use of renewable energy received a highly positive response. In contrast, women who visited the same villages received an antagonistic response. However, Mayer stated that his findings only applied to villages. In this study, the presence of a village is considered a ________ variable.

• A) global
• B) general
• C) dependent
• D) non-reactive
• E) contingency

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Definitions:

Conscious

The state of being aware of and able to think about one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that mediates between the conscious and unconscious and is responsible for reality testing and a sense of personal identity.

Id

A component of the psychoanalytic theory representing the instinctual drives and unconscious desires.

Oedipus Complex

A Freudian concept involving a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy towards the same-sex parent.