Some researchers have concluded that lower-level personality traits are better predictors of behaviors than are superordinate traits
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Dana can only remember a few of the first and last items on her grocery list. What is this an example of?
a. serial-position effect c. recency effect b. primacy effect d. latency effect
A group of parents were given two tests that asked about their children’s eating habits. The pre-test was designed as a baseline before an educational seminar on the benefits of eating rutabagas. Researchers were concerned that their post-test would be influenced by information in their pre-test, thus displaying the:
a. Rutabaga effect b. Power effect c. Hawthorne effect d. Greene effect
Strangers were brought into a research lab and were instructed to discuss a personally meaningful topic in research conducted by Pryzbylski and Weinstein (2013)
Most of the time, doing that activity fosters a sense of closeness among strangers who are meeting for the first time. In this research, that closeness did not occur. Why not? a. There was no physical contact between the strangers. b. There was a mobile device on the table between the strangers. c. One of the strangers had to leave the discussion abruptly. d. The researchers didn't permit the strangers to speak freely.
?If Cindy is displaying the ego defense mechanism of repression, she would most likely _____
a. ?unconsciously forget a traumatic experience
b. ?project her negative feelings onto another person
c. ?provide a convincing motive for her unacceptable behavior
d. ?express her unconscious conflicts in a socially desirable way