Based on Research, Which Statement About Motivation and Ethnicity Is

Based on research, which statement about motivation and ethnicity is FALSE?

A) People from Western cultures tend to focus more on maintaining self-esteem, whereas people from Eastern cultures tend to focus more on self-improvement.
B) In the face of failure, people from collectivist cultures tend to persist much longer than people from individualistic cultures.
C) Research has found that Maslow's hierarchy of needs applies consistently the same way across cultures.
D) Compared to people from Eastern cultures, people from Western cultures tend to be unrealistically optimistic about their own futures.