Consistent with the repulsion hypothesis, if you meet someone with whom you share one similar and one dissimilar attitude, you will be MOST likely to ________
A) ignore the information about your similar and dissimilar attitudes until you have an opportunity to ask your other friends if they know this individual
B) determine whether you like or dislike the person on the basis of the relative importance you assign to the dissimilar/similar attitudes
C) show increased liking for the person even though you may have some concern about your point of dissimilarity
D) focus on the dissimilarity as a basis to not like the individual in question
E) like the person, but only as a casual acquaintance
Answer: D
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_____refers to explaining the purpose of a study to participants after completion of data collection, and _____ refers to not telling the participants the truth about the purpose of the study
a. Deception; debriefing b. Debriefing; informed consent c. Informed consent; debriefing d. Debriefing; deception
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There is widespread belief that it is infallible as a means of getting a person to behave honestly; however, some research has found that people are actually capable of lying even when under the influence of truth serum. This is most relevant to the critical thinking concept of A) extraordinary claims. B) falsifiability. C) correlation versus causation. D) replicability.
Janelle is terrified of needles and the sight of blood. When she was younger, she had to have several stitches because of a bicycle accident. The cut on her forehead was deep and bled profusely. At the sight of blood, Janelle feels her blood pressure and heart rate drop, and on one occasion, she even fainted. Janelle is most likely suffering from
A. a situational type phobia. B. a blood-injection-injury type phobia. C. a natural environment type phobia. D. a social anxiety disorder.