Author Question: Suppose that you are watching a television commercial advertising a new car. The commercial's ... (Read 48 times)

viki · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Suppose that you are watching a television commercial advertising a new car. The commercial's spokesperson is raving about how smooth the ride is, and going bananas over what a great deal the car is. If you are half-asleep while watching the commercial, how will your automatic system process the claims?

a. Your automatic system will not process the claims at all (it will only process the images).
b. Your automatic system will process the claims simply as claims; you would need to use your conscious system in order to judge their (in)validity.
c. Your automatic system will process these claims as true; you would need to use your conscious system to override this assessment and doubt them.
d. Your automatic system will process these claims as false; you would need to use your conscious system to assess their validity.

Question 2

Nancy and Pradeep have been dating for seven years. They are still very attracted to each other, but they are not as obsessed with each other the way they were when they first met. However, they have developed deep respect and love for one another across the years, and they are intent on staying together for the long term. Social psychologists would say that their relationship embodies ____.

a. passionate love
b. companionate love
c. intimate love
d. disclosure love