Recall the Application about a South African consumer lender that offered different interest rates in loan offers via mass mailings to answer the following question(s).According to the Application, the number of men who accepted a particular loan offer from the mass mailings ________ when the offer letter included the picture of a ________.

A. increased; man rather than the picture of a woman
B. increased; woman rather than the picture of a man
C. decreased; either a man or a woman
D. was unaffected; either a man or a woman


Answer: B

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In the graph shown, what would shift the WAS curve from WAS0 to WAS1?

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