Imagine that you receive a slew of texts from a harried classmate, Karl, who knows you read this chapter and know the research on first impressions. He is at a bar nearing last call and only has time to approach one of the four people below. In particular, he wants to know which of the following people is MOST likely to lead to a positive outcome. Based on the research on first impressions presented in the chapter, whom SHOULD he approach before last call?
A) Anise, whom Karl offended the first time they met.
B) Brianna, whom Karl offended the first time they met, but recently impressed.
C) Carly, who is close friends with Anise, and has a bad impression of Karl.
D) Diane, who has no prior knowledge of Karl.
Question 2
Which of the following is NOT a criticism of positive psychology?
A) While it may be a reorganizing of how we think about positive feelings and behaviors, it is not necessarily a paradigm shift.
B) It is probably destined to be a fad.
C) Parsing psychology into positive and negative spheres is an oversimplification.
D) There is no way to objectively measure constructs of interest to the field.
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