Siegel,Scillitoe,and Parks-Yancy (2005) found that students who engaged in a high self-affirming task (writing about values important to them) were

A) more likely to engage in self-handicapping on a subsequent test than students who engaged in a low self-affirming task (writing about an unimportant value)
B) less likely to engage in self-handicapping on a subsequent test than students who engaged in a low self-affirming task (writing about an unimportant value)
C) more likely to think about the importance of school and academic achievement
D) less likely to engage in self-serving bias

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Final Answer : B, Explanation :  Students who engaged in a high self-affirming task were less likely to engage in self-handicapping on a subsequent test than students who engaged in a low self-affirming task. This suggests that self-affirmation can lead to improved performance and a decreased need to engage in self-protective behaviors such as self-handicapping.

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