A participant is asked to report every time he or she sees a faint light. If rewards are offered for correctly reporting the presence of the light, but no punishment for reporting it when it is absent, the participant will make many hits but also many

Is it always advantageous to have high self-esteem rather than low self-esteem? Are people with high self-esteem really smarter, more attractive, and more successful? Discuss the pros and cons (advantages and disadvantages) of having high self-esteem versus low self-esteem

What will be an ideal response?

In Festinger's classic experiment, college students did an extremely boring task for a long time. Afterward, they were asked to help lure others into the experiment by pretending that the task was interesting and enjoyable. Later they were asked their opinion of the task. Those paid $1 for luring more participants

a. did not change their opinion of the task and still thought the task was boring. b. changed their attitude about the task and now thought it was interesting and enjoyable. c. experienced no cognitive dissonance regarding their white lie. d. exhibited groupthink regarding the difficulty of the task.

The Pygmalion effect has to do with being selfish and greedy at work.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

A control group always gets a treatment known as a

A) sample B) random sample C) dependent variable D) placebo