Why should a pilot be careful when he or she sees what seems to be a large plane traveling fast in the distance?
What will be an ideal response?
The large plane in the distance could actually be a small plane traveling more slowly close by. Pilots must be aware of this illusion to avoid collisions with other planes.
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______________ is a broad field of study that includes how individuals perceive and think about other people, as well as how the presence of other people can influence individuals' behaviors
A) Social psychology B) Sociology C) Anthropology D) Social philosophy
Imagine that you are studying the relationship between amount of money spent on a haircut and feelings of attractiveness. You approach individuals coming out of the salon and ask them how much they spent on their haircut and how attractive they feel. When you run your Pearson’s r, you end up with an effect size of .18. What is your correlation coefficient?
a. ±.18 b. ±.03 c. ±.42 d. ±18
Training individuals to refute their own stereotypes is known as ________ training and has the effect of ________ stereotype activation
a) stereotype negation; increasing b) stereotype incrementation; reducing c) social influence; strengthening d) stereotype negation; reducing
In their interviews with prostitutes, Farley and her colleagues (1998 ) found that nearly two-thirds could be diagnosed with
A) a sexual addiction. B) posttraumatic stress disorder. C) narcissistic personality disorder. D) antisocial personality disorder.