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In this essay I am going to be evaluating and assessing the work of Langer & Rodin and relating it to any other work that supports or contradicts their work.
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In this essay I am going to be evaluating and assessing the work of Langer & Rodin and relating it to any other work that supports or contradicts their work. Langer & Rodin To explore the effects of decision-making and responsibility on residents in a nursing home, Langer and Rodin gave residents a houseplant. Residents were to make all the decisions about when and how much to water and how much sun to give their plant. Resident in the experimental group were also given other choices such as where they would prefer to receive visitors, whether they wanted see the weekly movie and which evening they wanted to attend (a movie was played on Thursdays and replayed on Fridays), etc. A comparison (control) group were also given plants but told that the nurses would take care of them. Those in this group were not encouraged to make decisions for themselves but were...
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