Tiffany has a hard time trusting her friends because she believes they are irresponsible. Accordingly, when she makes dinner plans with one friend, she also makes backup plans with someone else, and she goes to one or the other
Her friends soon in turn begin to "blow off" their arrangements with Tiffany, because they are never sure whether she will show up. Tiffany thinks to herself, "See, I was right, my friends are irresponsible." Which of the following best explains why Tiffany made this conclusion?
a. accurate social perception due to controlled processes
b. a self-fulfilling prophecy
c. holistic thinking
d. accurate social perception due to automatic processes
Answer: B
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Comte's main contribution to psychology was the doctrine of materialism.?
a. True b. False
A researcher manipulated the intensity of light in increments of five lumens and asked participants if the light was present or absent. The study found that two particular participants had the same _____ threshold for perceiving the light. Had the investigators manipulated the light in units of one lumen, a difference would have been found between the individuals. The study was lacking the _____
to detect this difference. A) absolute; significance B) difference; validity C) absolute; power D) difference; reliability
For the category "fruit," people give a higher typicality rating to "banana" than to "kiwi." Knowing that, we can also reason that
a. the word "fruit" will lead to a larger priming effect for banana than for kiwi. b. when people are asked to list all the fruits they can think of, kiwi will usually appear on their list before banana. c. neither kiwi nor banana are likely to be the fruit "closest" to the prototype of the fruit category. d. people will have a similar number of exemplars for kiwi and banana.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
The effect of marriage on well-being is stronger for women.