The idea of telling more than you can know (Nisbett & Wilson, 1977) is the premise that people may report why they respond a certain way, but that their reports about causes of behavior reflect
a. subconscious conflicts between implicit and explicit attitudes.
b. their theories and beliefs about what should have influenced them.
c. what people believe most other people would report.
d. what people think the researcher wants them to say.
Question 2
Based on survey data, the Literary Digest erroneously predicted that Alf Landon would beat Franklin D. Roosevelt in the upcoming presidential election. What cardinal rule of survey methods did the Literary Digest violate? Make sure
a. the survey questions are straightforward.
b. you have sampled randomly from the population.
c. respondents are given more than one response option.
d. responses are made anonymously.
The recent mass upheavals in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, and Syria gave political scientists a cha
Unhappy people
Faith Ringgold, God Bless America, No. 13 from the series American People.
Fred Wilson, Drip Drop Plop.
Children with autism generally prefer interacting with objects over people.
How People Match Their Goals to Their Means