In one study on the effects of schema accessibility,students were asked to evaluate a student who smiled while receiving a compliment from the professor.What were the findings of the study?

A) Prior priming with words related to arrogance led participants to rate the student as more conceited.
B) Participants for whom conceitedness was chronically accessible rated the student as more conceited.
C) Priming with arrogance-related words increased ratings of the student as conceited,but most especially among students with high chronic accessibility of conceitedness.
D) Participants were most likely to rate the student as conceited if they already had negative attitudes toward the student.

One person's control over another person is called ____. ​

A) transactive memory
B) polarization
C) power
D) evaluation apprehension

Students in Professor Chu's psychology class scored much lower than normal on their latest exam,which was just before spring break.Professor Chu believes that students were preoccupied with the upcoming break and did not prepare well for the exam.Professor Chu's explanation for his students' exam performance is an example of

A) cognitive dissonance.
B) an attitude.
C) an attribution.
D) the fundamental attribution error.

The term critical period refers to

A) prenatal development.
B) the initial 2 hours after a child's birth.
C) the preoperational stage.
D) a restricted time for learning.

Emma believes that she will succeed in business if she works hard and carefully manages her time. Her belief most clearly illustrates

A) reciprocal determinism.
B) the Barnum effect.
C) positive emotion.
D) an internal locus of control.