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EY67

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Your best friendsone female and one malehave just made the dean's list at your college. If both are typical of their genders, how would they explain their success to themselves?
 
  a. The male would be more likely to think it was just luck.
  b. The male will be more likely to think that he really worked hard.
  c. The female will be more likely to think that her instructors just happened to like her this semester.
  d. These two people probably will not differ substantially in their thoughts about their reasons for success.

Question 2

What can we conclude about the way in which women and men explain why they were successful on a task?
 
  a. Men are consistently more likely than women to say that their success is due to their ability.
  b. Men are consistently more likely than women to say that their success is due to hard work.
  c. Overall, there are no consistent gender differences in these attributions.
  d. Men are consistently more likely than women to blame their failures on lack of hard work.



emilymalinowski12

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C



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