Your text describes a study in which students worked on a series of cognitive tasks and then received either positive or negative comments about their performance. The results of this research indicated that

a. women's self-confidence stayed the same, regardless of the type of comments.
b. women's self-confidence increased greatly after positive comments and decreased greatly after negative comments.
c. both men and women had increased confidence after positive comments, but after negative comments men's confidence dropped more than women's.
d. gender differences were not found in this study.


B

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