Warren believes that Tom is an outgoing, gregarious person. Whom did you hang out with this weekend? Warren asks Tom. Tell me about all of the fun things that you have planned for the summer, Warren continues.
Although Tom is usually rather quiet and reserved, he responds to Warren in an outgoing, friendly manner. This is an example of
a. the perseverance effect.
b. the primacy effect.
c. reconstructive memory.
d. a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Question 2
Self-fulfilling prophecies can best be described as
a. someone who believes he or she can do something and does it.
b. when people inadvertently make schemas come true by the way they treat others.
c. the perseverance of a schema after it has been discredited.
d. the nonconscious processes that help us function in daily life.
The visual field as seen by a person with (a) glaucoma, (b) macular degeneration, and (c) cataracts.
Photograph of a person with a cataract in the right eye.
Edward Bellamy, author of the utopian novel Looking Backward (1888) Bellamy’s socialism worried many
I can't wait for the weekend
Prepare for weekend plans when hours feel like minutes
(left) Urine sample from an unaffected person does not change color upon exposure to air. (right) Ur