Kelley (1950) conducted a study in which two groups of students heard a lecture. The students who had been told the lecturer was "warm" formed more positive impressions than the group who had been told he was "cold."
This experiment demonstrated the effects of
a. central traits
b. motivated perception
c. the positivity bias
d. the additive model
Answer: A
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Your textbook discusses the difference between the words sex and gender. Which of the following differences is correct?
a. Gender refers to animals, whereas sex refers to humans. b. Gender refers to children, whereas sex refers to adolescents and adults. c. Gender is a narrower term than sex. d. Gender refers to psychological characteristics, whereas sex emphasizes biological characteristics.
When young Mathias's mother says, ''Good morning honey, how did you sleep?'', he responds by simply repeating what she said instead of answering her question. This is a form of language disturbance called
A. pronoun reversal. B. echolalia. C. mutism. D. deferred mirroring.
How many assets are within each group of the Developmental Asset framework?
a. 10 b. 40 c. 5 d. 20
What is an identity crises? Why is this common amongst adolescents?
What will be an ideal response?