Aaron heard the 3-year-old say a swear word. "He must have terrible parents," thought Aaron. This is an example of ______.
A. attributional ambiguity
B. a central trait
C. self-fulfilling prophecy
D. halo effect
Answer: D
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a. 24 b. 34 c. 44 d. 54
Interestingly, loss of gray matter in the maturing brain is related to more cognitive complexity. This is believed to be because of all of the following EXCEPT
a. adding and maintaining even unused connections b. synaptic pruning c. improvements in existing capacities rather than acquisition of new capabilities d. stronger, more efficient connections
A researcher wants to see whether people are more likely to donate money to a charity when they receive a small gift from that charity. She sends an appeal for money from the charity to 1000 people
For half of the people (randomly chosen) the letter includes free address labels and for half it does not. The researcher then sees whether those who got the address labels donate more money. Which of the following is true about this study? a. It uses the correlational method. b. The independent variable is whether people got address labels and the dependent variable is how much money they donate. c. The independent variable is how much money people donate and the dependent variable is whether they got address labels. d. The study is low in internal validity because the people who got the address labels may differ in other ways from the people who did not.
Allie is interested in fashion, and hopes to be a designer someday. She spends a lot of free time looking at fashion magazines for ideas. Allie may be susceptible to a sociocultural factor that contributes to the development of eating disorders in girls and women. This is __________
a. the decrease in body size ideal for women b. peer pressure to conform to unhealthy eating behavior c. the increase in economic pressure for acquiring food d. the increase in the number of single parent homes