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iveyjurea

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In one study described in the text, students were asked to wear a Barry Manilow t-shirt during conversation with other students. The study demonstrated the spotlight effect by showing that
 
  A) those wearing the shirt overestimated the likelihood other students would notice their t-shirt.
  B) those wearing the shirt underestimated the likelihood other students would know the singer's name.
  C) other students attributed negative characteristics to the student wearing the salient shirt.
  D) other students paid less attention to the content of what was said by the student wearing the t-shirt.

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of the spotlight effect?
 
  A) Mariana dresses very nicely for a job interview.
  B) Steve plays the role of class clown, hoping that people pay attention to him.
  C) Monica mistakenly thinks lots of people are staring at her bad haircut in the mall.
  D) Yoshi has fallen in love with Yumi and can't stop himself from looking at her.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C





 

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