Physically attractive people are generally assumed to be more intelligent, warm, witty, and likeable. This is an example of

a. social comparison.
b. the halo effect.
c. discrimination.
d. the fundamental attribution error.

ANSWER: b

Psychology

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a. select the most difficult essays to read first. b. select the easiest essays to read first. c. select easier essays to read first if you are an expert, but select more difficult essays to read first if you are a novice. d. show no systematic pattern in reading the essays.

Psychology

By studying a _____, scientists hope that they can generalize the results of their investigation to the _____

a. sample; population b. population; sample c. convenience sample; random sample d. random sample; convenience sample

Psychology