The tendency to consider a personal description accurate if it is stated in very general terms is called the __________ effect
fill in the blank with correct word
Barnum
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You call up a potential date and get an answering machine message. In leaving your message, you mean to say "I'd like to see you," but instead say "I'd like to feel you." This Freudian slip is caused by impulses originating in the ____
a. ?preconscious b. ?unconscious c. ?nonconscious d. ?subconscious
If you were a rat in Tryon's selective breeding experiment, which other rat would be your breeding partner if you excelled in the maze test?
a. Your own chosen partner b. A rat that did badly in the test c. A rat that did well at maze learning d. A randomly selected rat
You are about to give your first speech. You are nervous and hope you don't do something foolish in front of the whole class. The presence of the class is not likely to facilitate your performance due to
a. social pressure. c. deindividuation. b. evaluation apprehension. d. diffusion of responsibility.
After using the same mathematical formula to solve the first nine problems of her homework assignment, a student automatically starts problem number ten using the same solution strategy. The student is demonstrating
a. a mental set. b. syllogistic thinking. c. a pragmatic reasoning schema. d. functional fixedness.