According to the weighted averaging model of person perception,
a. people do not make real attempts to integrate all the information they perceive about others
b. negative traits are weighted more heavily than positive traits
c. traits related to social categories are weighted more heavily than other types of information
d. traits that are believed to be most important are weighted more heavily than less important traits
Answer: D
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A. Those memories are lost forever. B. His memory will deteriorate with more treatments and the loss will be permanent. C. It is not known what will happen, since Victor's problem with memory loss is very rare. D. He will show gradual improvement and his memory will likely return to normal.
Dolly is conducting a study in which she asks basketball players from several colleges to recall their win-loss outcomes of certain games in the past season. She finds that some players incorrectly remember game outcomes, even when they are considered important games. This example highlights that ____
a. ?recall is susceptible to interference from short-term memory b. ?the feeling-of-knowing phenomenon also affects long-term retrieval c. ?long-term memories are subject to major errors and distortion d. ?only flashbulb memories tend to retain their accuracy in long-term memory
Obesity is probably caused by a. one gene that results in your body not using nutrients properly. b. eating the same amount that thin people eat
c. a number of complex, interacting factors. d. the same factors in humans as in other mammals.
Gina's husband of 47 years died, and Gina's current focus is on learning how to care for herself, make decisions for herself, and forgive her husband for leaving her all alone
Gina's focus is best considered to be an example of the tasks usually associated with which of the following stages of grieving? a. the shock phase b. the overload phase c. the renewal phase d. the healing phase