Suppose Sam's rich uncle invests $10,000 in XYZ Widgets stock for him. Sam
subsequently knows a great deal about the stock from listening to his uncle.
Jill, not
having a rich uncle, has saved for a long time, and learned a lot about XYZ Widgets
stock by studying the stock market. She invests $10,000 in XYZ Widgets stock. Jill and
Sam are equally knowledgeable and equally wealthy. According to the theory of
cognitive dissonance who is likely to value the stock more highly?
(a) Sam, because it was a gift and he could spend his money on other things
(b) Sam, because of insufficient justification
(c) Jill, because of justification of effort
(d) Jill, because of insufficient justification
(e) dissonance theory does not make a prediction in this case
C
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a. just as truthful about their physical appearance as those higher in attractiveness. b. less likely to lie about their physical description compared to those more attractive. c. more likely to lie about their physical descriptors. d. unlikely to actually meet with a date.
Information is transmitted from the eye to the brain via the:
a. iris c. optic nerve b. cornea d. retina
Which of the following is a frictive?
a. the l in lay c. the z in zip b. the r in ray d. the w in water
In a study of the effects of arousal, one group of participants is exposed to 20 minutes of
clips from a horror film. The other group sits in a quiet room for the same length of time. Afterward, each participant receives a 100-piece puzzle to put together. The experimenter records the amount of time it takes each participant to complete the puzzle. If this were a double-blind study a. the puzzles given to each group should be different. b. the two groups should not know that they will be asked to solve puzzles. c. both groups should be told that the study is about intelligence, not arousal. d. the experimenter should not know which participants are in which groups. e. the conditions during puzzle solving should be identical for each group.