When people assume that the actions of actors in television programs are due to the personalities of the actors rather than the obvious external cause that they are playing a character, these television viewers are exhibiting
a. social biasing.
b. the fundamental attribution error.
c. perceptual discrimination.
d. groupthink.
B
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Kerr and his colleagues, in their studies of the Köhler effect, find that
a. individuals who discover they are the most inferior member of the group will expend greater effort to improve their performance. b. the productivity of the group declines as the group increases in size. c. when groups discover some of their members are incompetent, the more competent members work harder to make up for the weaker members. d. groups will remove the “weakest link” from their group to improve performance. e. the truth-wins rule usually applies.
Why should courts be skeptical of eyewitness testimony? Include the three problems of eyewitness testimony described in Module 12.
What will be an ideal response?
Cognitive neuroscientists are interested in using neuroimaging techniques to differentiate between thoughts that take place both above and below a person's awareness. In other words, cognitive neuroscientists are studying ____
a. ?personality b. ?consciousness c. ?intelligence d. ?sensation
What mechanism prevents or slows some chemicals from entering the brain, while allowing others to enter?
A. A threshold B. A blood-brain barrier C. An endoplasmic wall D. A differential-drug inhibitor