In the realm of person perception, the phenomenon called ______ is most closely associated with "first impressions."
a. construct accessibility
b. the recency effect
c. the primacy effect
d. situationalism
c
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According to Judith Hall and her coauthors, social power is not primarily responsible for gender differences in nonverbal decoding ability because
a. men and women do not differ substantially in social power. b. gender differences in nonverbal behavior emerge during infancy. c. powerful people often smile as much as less powerful people do. d. powerful people actually smile much more than less powerful people do.
Brad was having difficulty finding time to study. He went to a counselor and they talked about Brad's perceptions of his study habits. The counselor emphasized that it was Brad's decision about whether and when to study. She stressed that Brad was a resourceful person and would be able to solve his study problem. Brad's counselor was demonstrating the __________ approach.
A. behavioral B. psychodynamic C. developmental D. humanistic
Our human information-processing system relies on schema, which are based on _____
a) averages of what information we have about a topic. b) the median of what information we have about a topic. c) the mode of what information we have about a topic. d) a logical assessment of what information we have about a topic.
Qualitative research uses the scientific method to make nonnumeric observations, from which conclusions are drawn without the use of statistical analysis.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)