Author Question: Tom's new girlfriend, Elise, has a habit of biting her nails. This did not bother Tom when he first ... (Read 36 times)

BRWH · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Tom's new girlfriend, Elise, has a habit of biting her nails. This did not bother Tom when he first met her, but it is beginning to annoy him more and more with each passing day. Tom is starting to think that this is a sign that Elise might just not be the right person for him. What would a social psychologist say?

a. It is actually normal to be increasingly annoyed by a partner's habitsa phenomenon known as the social allergy effect.
b. It is actually normal to be increasingly annoyed by a partner's habitsa phenomenon known as the bad apple effect.
c. It is actually normal to be increasingly LESS annoyed by a partner's habitssomething known as the social inoculation effect.
d. It is actually normal to be increasingly LESS annoyed by a partner's habitssomething known as the relationship immunity effect.

Question 2

Suppose that you participate in an experiment that is designed to examine the effects of sadness on creativity. Even though the sadness manipulation used by the experimenters is very artificial, you nonetheless experience deep sadness during the study. Thus, the study was apparently high in ___________________ _.

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word