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fagboi

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In 2012, American women were paid 82 cents for every dollar men were paid. Which explanation below for this gender-based wage disparity is not one proposed by your text?
 
  a. Consistent with the history of gender discrimination in this country, women have simply come to expect lowersalaries than men do.
 b. Even when they perform well, women's self-ratings tend to be less positive than men's.
  c. In making social comparisons, women tend to compare themselves with other women, not with men.
  d. Women tend to exhibit an interdependent or collectivist self-view, whereas men are more likely to valueindependence or individualism in the workplace.

Question 2

The primary difference between the research of Sheriff (1936) and Asch (1951) is that
 
  a. Sheriff was able to demonstrate conformity, whereas Asch was not.
  b. Asch was able to demonstrate conformity, whereas Sheriff was not.
  c. Sheriff relied on an ambiguous task, whereas Asch used an unambiguous task.
  d. Asch relied on an ambiguous task, whereas Sheriff used an unambiguous task.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

c



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