According to Snibe and Markus's Study,working-Class Americans Liked the Pen

question 35

Multiple Choice

According to Snibe and Markus's study,working-class Americans liked the pen they were given,regardless of whether they chose it or not,unlike upper-middle-class Americans,who much preferred the pen that they chose.This can be explained by

• A)upper-middle-class Americans scoring higher on entity theory of the world than working-class Americans.
• B)working-class Americans engaging in more secondary control than upper-middle-class Americans.
• C)working-class Americans having more of a calling than upper-middle-class Americans.
• D)upper-middle-class Americans having more of a prevention orientation than working-class Americans.
• E)working-class Americans wanting to save face more than upper-middle-class Americans.

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