Fredrico was enjoying a cup of coffee at the local bookstore as he perused through the aisles of books
A person standing in one of the aisles caught his eye. He was amazed at the beauty of this person and tried to take in as many details as he could without staring. He wanted to remember everything he saw just in case he couldn't conjure up the courage to say hello this time. In which of the following psychological processes was Fredrico engaging?
a) social perceptual accuracy
b) the halo effect
c) the actor-observer effect
d) social cognition
Answer: d
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a. environmental factors. b. genetic factors. c. both environmental and genetic factors. d. neither environmental nor genetic factors.
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a. study identical twins reared apart. b. compare the behavior of adopted children to their biological parents. c. conduct a selective breeding experiment. d. investigate the relationship between behaviors of unrelated siblings (step family members).
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a. PTSD. b. acute stress disorder. c. separation anxiety disorder. d. obsessive-compulsive disorder.