In an Experiment by Schmitt, Sylvia, and Branscombe, Women Learned

Multiple Choice

In an experiment by Schmitt, Sylvia, and Branscombe, women learned that they had themselves performed very poorly but that another woman in the group had performed well. When the woman were also told that the research was designed to compare the scores of men and women,

A) the women experienced low self-esteem.
B) the women experienced high self-esteem.
C) the women focused on the successful performance of the other women to create positive social identity.
D) the women focused on the successful performance of the other women and experienced lower self-esteem.