Author Question: Researchers gave a group of college women either a dating profile of a male student, which included ... (Read 135 times)

cool · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Researchers gave a group of college women either a dating profile of a male student, which included a photo and basic demographic information, or the opinion of another female student who had been on a speed date with him.

Then both groups had a speed date with him and rated how much they enjoyed it. Because of _______, the group that _______ made a better prediction about how much they would enjoy the date.
a. an affective forecast, heard the opinion from the other student
b. an affective forecast, read the dating profile
c. downward social comparison, heard the opinion from the other student
d. downward social comparison, read the dating profile

Question 2

One of the chief executive functions of the ________ is making choices about what to do.

a. ego
b. cortex
c. self
d. superego