You enter a class and sit by a student, who tells you that Dr. Martin is hard and boring and does not care whether the students learn or not. At the end of the lecture, a friend asks you about Dr. Martin's class, and you tell her that a student you met before class was "certainly right" about Dr. Martin. His lecture was boring, and he does not care about his students. Your friend replies that he
was the "best professor" she ever had, that he graded fairly, told interesting stories, and was always willing to help the students after class. Your original view of the teacher was due to
a. a perceptual set.
b. precognition.
c. bottom-up processing.
d. dishabituation.
A
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Without rehearsal, the duration of short-term memory is
a. no longer than 1 second. b. about 5 seconds. c. 10-20 seconds. d. 1-2 minutes.
While traveling around the world, Teun shows various people pictures of men and women from his hometown who are smiling and frowning, and he asks these people to infer what emotions the individuals in the pictures are experiencing. According to the research on perceptions of primary emotions, Teun should find that a. perceptions of the emotions vary widely as a function of the people's
culture. b. perceptions of the emotions are relatively consistent across most cultures. c. little can be inferred about the emotions unless the behaviors of the individuals in the pictures are alsodescribed. d. little is inferred about the emotions unless the situational contexts of the individuals in the pictures are alsodescribed.
What standard did the U.S. Supreme Court use in its ruling about hostile workplaces in Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.?
A. A reasonable person B. A reasonable woman C. A reasonable man D. A reasonable jury member
What do women tend to do in response to trouble talk?
a. Express sympathy. b. Make jokes. c. Offer advice. d. All of the above.