The study investigated the effects of orienting instructions, monetary incentives, and sex of the listener on performance on a test of listening comprehension. Neither orienting instructions nor monetary incentives resulted in significant differences, but undergraduate men (n = 64) scored significantly higher than the women (n = 56) on the listening comprehension test.
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