________ reflect the tendency of people to act in ways that are consistent with their expectations, beliefs, or cognitions about an event or behavior, thereby increasing the likelihood that the event or behavior will occur

A) Self-fulfilling prophecies B) Prejudicial behaviors
C) Social identities D) Expectation effects


A

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Jeff is concerned that the framing effect may be influencing his decision to study abroad next semester. According to Chapter 12, an effective way to correct for the framing effect is to

a. see whether he can come up with some representative counter-examples. b. apply the anchoring-and-adjustment heuristic to see whether the decision can be appropriately adjusted. c. consider how many positive and how many negative examples come readily to mind. d. consider how he would feel about not studying abroad next semester.

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Teratogens that harm the prenatal brain are called ______ teratogens because they can make the child hyperactive, antisocial, or learning disabled

cognitive cephalic behavioral remedial

Psychology

According to Luria and colleagues (1987), most people learn the rules of sexual behavior during:

a. early childhood b. just before puberty c. adolescence d. early adulthood

Psychology

Presenting people with very large requests, followed by a second smaller request is called the:

a. door-in-the-face effect b. social facilitation hypothesis c. obedience to authority effect d. foot-in-the-door effect

Psychology