Imagine that you are grading the exams of two students, Michael and Fredo. They both get only half the questions correct. However, Michael gets most of his questions right on the first half of the test, whereas Fredo gets most of his questions right on the last half of the test. According to Asch's work on primacy effects in impression formation, you would be likely to conclude that
a. Michael is smarter than Fredo.
b. Fredo is smarter than Michael.
c. Michael and Fredo are equally unintelligent.
d. Michael became overconfident while taking the exam.
a
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A. it slows decision making relating to stopping potential drug dealers B. there are too many specific details in it, leading to confusion C. "drug dealer" is more appropriate as a self-schema than a person schema D. drug dealers who do not fit the schema may avoid detection
The changing-criterion design would be appropriate for gradually increasing the number of pages read per week by an eighth-grade child
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Arlene has an irrational fear of flying in airplanes. She is probably suffering from a
a. mania. b. obsession. c. compulsion. d. specific phobia. e. panic attack.
Which of the following is not an organizing principle of sensory systems?
a) Sensory systems are characterized by hierarchical organization. b) Each level of the organization contains structurally distinct cortical areas. c) Each level of the organization contains functionally distinct cortical areas. d) The processing of sensory information occurs in parallel throughout the cortex.