Suppose that Madison has just begun dating Wayne. While at his house, she notices some family photos on the coffee table. She notices that—even though Wayne himself is not overweight—every other member of his family is clearly obese. Somehow, this makes Wayne seem less attractive to Madison. Madison's attitude illustrates ____
a. prejudice contagion
b. stigma by association
c. the discontinuity effect
d. the social context bias
B
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A knowledge structure that contains information about a concept and its relationship to other concepts (e.g., a structure that contains information about judges and how judges relate to lawyers, criminals, the general public, and so forth) is known as a ____
a. script b. schema c. heuristic d. map
Which is a common challenge to Piaget's theory?
a. It failed to distinguish between competence and performance. b. It overestimated young minds. c. It placed too much emphasis on explaining development rather than describing development. d. It overemphasized the role of social influence on cognitive development.
Korsakoff's syndrome ____.
A. is marked by severe memory impairments B. results from too much thiamine C. results from lack of oxygen to the brain D. is due to a breakdown of the blood-brain barrier
Another phrase for “generalizability” is _____.
A. internal validity B. external validity C. positive psychology D. negative psychology