In a study by Heine, Takata, and Lehman, Canadian and Japanese students were given false feedback concerning their performance on a test of "Integrative Cognitive Capacity." Some students were led to believe that they had done worse than average and some that they had done better than average. What was the effect of this false feedback on Canadian and Japanese students beliefs about their own performance?
A) False feedback eliminated cultural differences in student's perceptions of their performance.
B) False feedback only effected Canadian students self-enhancing tendencies.
C) False feedback did not change the self-enhancing tendencies of Canadian students or the self-critical attitude of Japanese students.
D) False feedback reversed the self-enhancing tendency of Canadians and the self-critical attitude of Japanese so that students from the two cultures essentially "traded places" in their performance evaluations.
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