Andrew Experiences a Boost in Self-Esteem When He Succeeds in the Classroom

question 168

Multiple Choice

Andrew experiences a boost in self-esteem when he succeeds in the classroom but not when someone compliments him on his style of dress. Anton reports just the opposite. The difference between the two men is most directly related to differences in:

• A)valued traits in their self-concepts.
• B)self-verification strategies.
• C)implicit egotism.
• D)their degree of extraversion.

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Definitions:

Population Parameters

Characteristics or measures that describe aspects of a population, such as its mean, variance, or standard deviation.

Wilcoxon Rank-sum Test

A non-parametric statistical test used to compare two independent samples to determine if they come from the same distribution.

Independent Samples

Two or more groups of samples that are not related or connected in any way in the context of an experiment or study.

Relative Frequency Distributions

A distribution where each value is expressed as a relative frequency or proportion of the total number of occurrences.