Wendy's Neighbors Asked Her If She Could Babysit Over the Weekend

question 82

Multiple Choice

Wendy's neighbors asked her if she could babysit over the weekend. Wendy responded, "Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I'm volunteering at the soup kitchen this weekend." Wendy is engaging in which type of ingratiation?

• A) self-presentation
• B) other enhancement
• C) opinion conformity
• D) self-efficacy

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Definitions:

SES

stands for Socioeconomic Status, a measure of an individual's or family's economic and social position in relation to others, based on income, education, and occupation.

Male-Dominated Psychological Tasks

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Mental Rotation Tasks

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Maccoby and Jacklin

Psychologists known for their seminal work in the 1970s on gender differences in psychological traits and behaviors.