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faduma

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on: Jun 20, 2018
In a study on stereotype threat, Quinn and Spencer (2001) had female and male participants engage in mathematical reasoning tasks.
 
  In one condition (group A), participants were told that the test was gender fair, yielding equivalent performance between men and women. The other group (group B) was given no such instruction. The results showed that:
   a) Men outperformed women, but only in group B.
   b) Men outperformed women, but only in group A.
   c) Men outperformed women in both groups.
   d) Women outperformed men in both groups.

Question 2

Mental set operates at which stage of problem solving?
 
  a) problem representation
   b) generation of solutions
   c) problem identification
   d) applying solutions


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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: a

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a


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