Mr. Rodriguez believes that John is smart. Therefore, he asks John lots of questions and John gets many of them right. This sequence may represent ____
a. a self-fulfilling prophecy
b. that Mr. Rodriguez is a good judge of student ability
c. that John is a smart boy
d. all of these
D
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a. 100 percent occurs during fixations and 0 percent during saccades. b. 75 percent occurs during fixations and 25 percent during saccades. c. 50 percent occurs during fixations and 50 percent during saccades. d. 0 percent occurs during fixations and 100 percent during saccades.
Suppose your final exam is just one essay question: "Describe everything you learned in this course!" What type of memory test is that?
a. Free recall b. Recognition c. Savings d. Implicit
According to behavioral personality theorists, external conditions that strongly influence behavior are called
a. situational determinants. b. congruence stimuli. c. secondary traits. d. fixations.
Which of the following affects whether or not a person develops expertise?
a) professional responsibilities b) gender c) genetic proclivity d) discrimination