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According to the text, what is the best way to motivate participants in a study?

  • Giving praise (correct)
  • Increasing salary
  • Offering cash rewards
  • Providing bonuses

What is the Pygmalion effect?

  • The effect of offering cash rewards to motivate participants
  • The effect of assigning someone a positive label (correct)
  • The effect of using logic and data in communication
  • The effect of choosing the most powerful seat at the table

According to the text, what communication tactics do the world's greatest leaders primarily use?

  • Logic and intuition
  • Emotion and statistics
  • Intuition and emotion (correct)
  • Logic and data

According to the study mentioned in the text, what percentage of people initially agreed to put up a large sign on their front lawn saying 'Drive Carefully'?

<p>20% (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did more people agree to put up the smaller sign in their window?

<p>They thought it would make them helpful citizens (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the leadership takeaway from the study mentioned in the text?

<p>Asking for a small request first will help get a yes to a bigger request later (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is the concept called when leaders ask questions that reveal the true nature of someone's personality, motivations, and values?

<p>Behavioral interviewing (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what did the study published in the Journal of consumer research find about setting high goals?

<p>Setting high goals makes you happier (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is the recommended approach to vengeful thoughts?

<p>Think of bigger problems to get perspective (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, do leaders smile more or less?

<p>Leaders smile less (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is the percentage of social encounters in which women smile?

<p>87% (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, do leaders move less or more?

<p>Leaders move less (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is the perception of stillness in a leader?

<p>Stillness is perceived as powerful (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what do leaders do in a first impression?

<p>Leaders give a powerful handshake (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, how important are communication skills for leaders?

<p>Very important (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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