The teacher expectancy effect can be viewed as a special case of a broader concept known as the ___________ prophecy, in which a person's expectation is capable of bringing about an outcome
For instance, physicians have long known that providing patients with placebos (pills with no active ingredients) can sometimes "cure" them simply because the patients expect the medicine to work.
a. false c. self-fulfilling
b. filling d. decoy
c
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In classical conditioning, generalization refers to
A) responding similarly to a range of similar stimuli. B) the ability to respond differently to similar but distinct stimuli. C) the reappearance of a conditioned response after extinction. D) the gradual disappearance of a conditioned response.
Researchers showed Americans and Koreans advertisements that stressed either independence or interdependence. They found that ________ were persuaded most by ads that stressed ________
a. Americans; emotional appeals b. Koreans; logical arguments c. Americans; independence d. Koreans; independence