Consider the following passage from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: "There are wealthy gentlemen in England who drive four-horse passenger coaches twenty or thirty miles on a daily line, in the summer, because the privilege costs them considerable money; but if they were offered wages for the service that would turn it into work then they would resign." This passage illustrates the concept of ____
a. self-handicapping
b. overjustification
c. the looking-glass self
d. self as institution
B
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a. Independence b. 2 of the 5 members have 80% of the power c. The members use casual language d. Use of forcing to manage conflict
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d. increase sample size
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.