What has research demonstrated about first impressions of people?
a. First impressions are no more accurate than chance.
b. People take several minutes to form their first impression of someone.
c. People quickly discard their first impressions after gaining new information.
d. Your first impression influences your behavior and that of the other person.
d
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a. Capgrassyndrome c. brief psychotic disorder b. schizophreniform disorder d. delusional disorder
A person suffering from anxiety predicts that he will make a fool of himself at a social gathering and, in fact, he does. A psychologist predicts that students in his morning class invariably outperform those in his afternoon class and, in fact, they do. What do the anxious person and the psychologist share in common?
A. they are both anxious B. they both fell prey to a self-fulfilling prophecy C. they both created bias in those who observe them D. both are very good at predicting behavior
A six-month-old fetus has a good chance of surviving if born prematurely. Why?
a. the lungs function b. it has enough body fat to maintain body temperature c. its nervous system is functional d. the heart begins to beat around this time
Who noted the similarity between men's and women's sexual responses?
a. Masters and Johnson c. Anna Freud b. Johnson and Johnson d. Sandra Bem