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dalyningkenk · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

When participants in a research study are presented with a string of letters that they have to decide is a real word or not, they are doing a(n) ____.

a. minimal group effect
b. lexical decision task
c. stereotype threat
d. self-defeating prophecy

Question 2

An old advertisement for Dove ice cream bars touted the bars as sinfully deliciousso delicious that they should be banned or forbidden. The advertisement, which sought to make the bars seem as attractive to people as possible, was apparently playing on ____.

a. reactance
b. the status quo bias
c. the certainty effect
d. risk aversion