It is fairly easy to manipulate many types of judgments by selecting
a. average comparitors that are typical.
b. extreme comparitors that may be unrepresentative.
c. comparitors that are both better and worse than the event that is being judged.
d. as many comparitors as possible that are similar to the event being judged.
B
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People with avoidant personalities tend to be __________
a. extroverted and emotionally stable c. introverted and emotionally stable b. extroverted and neurotic d. introverted and neurotic
If research finds that those who drive taxicabs have
enlarged areas of their hippocampi, one may be tempted to infer that driving a cab and engaging in such visuospatial activities each day causes the hippocampus areas to grow. This may or may not be the case, and this riddle demonstrates the principle of A) extraordinary claims. B) Occam's Razor. C) correlation vs. causation. D) ruling out rival hypotheses.
Spanking is an example of a __________
a. positive punishment. b. negative punishment. c. positive reinforcement. d. negative reinforcement.
Imagine that you receive a slew of texts from a harried classmate, Karl, who knows you read this chapter and know the research on first impressions. He is at a bar nearing "last call" and only has time to approach one of the four people below. In particular, he wants to know which of the following people is MOST likely to lead to a positive outcome. Based on the research on first impressions
presented in the chapter, whom SHOULD he approach before "last call"? A) ?Anise, whom Karl offended the first time they met. B) ?Brianna, whom Karl offended the first time they met, but recently impressed. C) ?Carly, who is close friends with Anise, and has a bad impression of Karl. D) ?Diane, who has no prior knowledge of Karl.