#94Highlight Incorrect WordsAcademic,CoreMedium

Money

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Is every dollar bill worth the same? Or does a dollar [earned:gained] honestly have a different value from a dollar with a sketchy history? In fact, a new study finds that people think of money [made:middle] from questionable activity as having less value than profits made above board. And they're less likely to want the [tainted:painted] money in the first place. The study is in the journal Social [Psychological:Biological] and Personality Science. Subjects were divided into two groups. All subjects have the chance to fill out and enter up to 70 [tickets:raffle] to win $50. But one group was told that the retailer Target provided the prize. While the other group heard the money came from Walmart and that Walmart had been accused of [poor:cooler] labor practices.

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Is every dollar bill worth the same? Or does a dollar earned honestly have a different value from a dollar with a sketchy history? In fact, a new study finds that people think of money made from questionable activity as having less value than profits made above board. And they're less likely to want the tainted money in the first place. The study is in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science. Subjects were divided into two groups. All subjects have the chance to fill out and enter up to 70 tickets to win $50. But one group was told that the retailer Target provided the prize. While the other group heard the money came from Walmart and that Walmart had been accused of poor labor practices.
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