The actress who played the role of the wicked witch in the movie Wizard of Oz said that for the rest of her life, children screamed when they saw her, assuming she really was wicked. Their assumption illustrates which of the following?
a. Fundamental attribution error
b. Self-fulfilling prophecy
c. Pluralistic ignorance
d. Cognitive dissonance
a
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Habituation refers to the process in which infants ___
a. lose interest in an object that they have seen over and over again b. orient their attention toward a bright flash of light or a sudden loud noise c. look longer at one of two stimuli in a visual display d. increase the frequency of a behavior when they receive reinforcement for doing so
Frank had two children when he was in his early 20s. Now, in his early 50s, he remarries and has another child. In comparison to how he interacted with his first two children, research suggests he would respond to his new baby more like:
a. an older brother b. a grandfather c. an uncle d. a traditional mother