A Study Comparing Protestant and Non-Protestant Students in Their Interactions

question 25

Multiple Choice

A study comparing Protestant and non-Protestant students in their interactions with a confederate found that

• A)Protestant men held more detached relational styles than non-Protestant men,regardless of condition.
• B)Protestant men did not work as hard at the task compared with non-Protestant men.
• C)Protestant men worked harder at the task than non-Protestants when it was a fun task,but the two groups did not differ in their work when it was a serious work task.
• D)Protestant men maintained a more detached relational style than non-Protestant men in a serious work task,but not in a fun task.
• E)None of these statements are true.

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