When Michela was hired, her new boss was impressed because she came highly recommended by her former boss
After three months on the job, Michela's boss found out that her former boss had given her a good recommendation just to get rid of her and that Michela was really a poor, very unreliable, unqualified worker. Still, Michela's new boss thought she was a pretty good employee. This overall impression of her was probably due to __________
a) the halo effect.
b) the primacy effect.
c) self-serving bias.
d) cognitive dissonance.
b
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b. The victim does not know the attacker and reports it to a friend or family member. c. The victim knows the attacker and does not report the attack. d. The victim does not know the attacker and does not report the attack.
Which of the following is a goal of psychology?
A) To establish behavioral and moral standards B) To explain behavior and mental processes C) To change social norms D) To seek ways to make people do their religious bidding
Which of the following procedures is NOT part of Barlow's panic control treatment (PCT)?
A. Cognitive therapy to modify conscious or unconscious perceptions about the "dangerousness" of feared situations B. Creation of mini panic attacks in the therapist's office C. Exercises to elevate the heart rate or spinning to make the patient dizzy D. Reducing interfering memories from early experiences with frightening stimuli.
An admissions director for a college decides to keep the existing admissions policy since 80 percent of the students admitted eventually graduate. Unknown to her, 90 percent of the rejected applicants would also have been successful graduates
. Her decision-making process is hampered by __________. a. the availability heuristic b. creating subgoals c. hill-climbing d. the representativeness heuristic