In a study by Insko (1965), students at the University of Hawaii were surveyed by phone about their attitudes toward the creation of a Springtime Aloha Week
The interviewer said "good" after some students expressed a favorable attitude, but said "good" after other students expressed an unfavorable attitude. One week later, a survey revealed that the interviewer's comments influenced students' attitudes toward Springtime Aloha Week via the process of
A) classical conditioning.
B) cognitive dissonance.
C) operant conditioning.
D) observational conditioning.
Answer: C
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Aronson argues that recently activated or frequently activated concepts are more likely to readily come to mind and thus be used in interpreting social events. This phenomenon is called:
a. context effects. b. reactance. c. heuristics. d. priming.
Which of the following phenomena is a function of the distribution of the rods and cones in the retina?
a) The moon looks much larger near the horizon than it looks when it is higher in the sky. b) The light from distant stars moving rapidly away from us is shifted toward the red end of the spectrum. c) Stars can be seen only with difficulty during the daytime. d) A dim star viewed at night may disappear when you look directly at it but reappear when you look to one side of it.