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RRMR · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

In a research study, participants who did poorly on a task were given a chance to give clues to help a friend and a stranger perform the same task. The results of the study indicated that participants gave better clues to

A) a stranger than to a friend when the task was described as an indicator of intellectual ability.
B) a stranger than to a friend when the task was described as just a game.
C) a friend than to a stranger when the task was described as an indicator of intellectual ability.
D) a friend than to a stranger regardless of how the task was described.

Question 2

Your sibling is training to make a spot on a sports team. According to research by Tesser and colleagues, in which of the following situations would you be LESS likely to help your sibling train?

A) if doing well in that sport is highly relevant to your self-concept
B) if your sibling is very unlikely to make the team
C) if you don't think that sports are important or worth spending time doing
D) if your sibling asks you directly for help