Chapter 5 described a study in which bank employees received either positive or negative comments from a supervisor. The results of this study showed that
a. women were more responsive to the feedback than men were.
b. men were more responsive to the feedback than women were.
c. women were more likely to believe positive comments, but men were more likely to believe negative comments.
d. there were no gender differences in responsiveness to these comments.
A
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. ?create excitation in some parts of the cerebral cortex b. ?activate gate-control mechanisms c. ?are chemically similar to the body's natural painkillers and can occupy the receptor sites in the brain d. ?block the receptor sites of the body's natural painkillers
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a. insufficient justification b. external justification c. postdecision regret d. insufficient rationalization
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