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From the Ted Talk by Christine Porath: Why being respectful to your coworkers is good for business

Unscramble the Blue Letters

So we conducted studies where five participants would witness an experimenter act rudely to someone who arrived late to the study. The eeeremtpixnr said, "What is it with you? You aivrre late, you're irresponsible. Look at you! How do you expect to hold a job in the real world?" And in another study in a small group, we tetsed the effects of a peer insulting a group mebemr. Now, what we found was really interesting, because witnesses' performance desraceed, too — and not just marginally, quite significantly.

Open Cloze

So we conducted studies where five participants would witness an experimenter act rudely to someone who arrived late to the study. The ____________ said, "What is it with you? You ______ late, you're irresponsible. Look at you! How do you expect to hold a job in the real world?" And in another study in a small group, we ______ the effects of a peer insulting a group ______. Now, what we found was really interesting, because witnesses' performance _________, too — and not just marginally, quite significantly.

Solution

  1. member
  2. arrive
  3. experimenter
  4. decreased
  5. tested

Original Text

So we conducted studies where five participants would witness an experimenter act rudely to someone who arrived late to the study. The experimenter said, "What is it with you? You arrive late, you're irresponsible. Look at you! How do you expect to hold a job in the real world?" And in another study in a small group, we tested the effects of a peer insulting a group member. Now, what we found was really interesting, because witnesses' performance decreased, too — and not just marginally, quite significantly.

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