In a study, math-proficient women are randomly divided into two groups. The first group is told that men usually do better on the type of math test the women are about to take. The second group is not told anything. Which outcome would you expect??
a. ?The second group did worse than the first.
b. ?The second group did better than the first.
c. ?There was no meaningful difference between the performances of the two groups.
d. ?The first group did better than the second but not as well as men who took the test.
ANSWER:
b
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