Rosenthal and Jacobson conducted a study in an elementary school where they misinformed teachers about the intellectual potential of randomly selected students. They found that students identified as ‘growth spurters’ actually performed significantly better on an intellectual test at the end of the school year even though the selection of these students was random. Which of the following is the best possible explanation for this finding?

Peter is an aggressive man. Based on information presented in your textbook, if researchers looked at Peter’s brain through an imaging technique you might expect to see:

We often like those who like us back. This can best be understood as an example of:

Stanley Milgram conducted a famous study where he led participants to believe that they were administering increasingly painful electric shocks to another ‘participant’ when that person answered a question incorrectly. The false information provided to participants is known as ______________.

Two key factors identified as important for central route processing are:

The idea that one’s own group is naturally superior to other groups is known as__________.

One reason social loafing may occur is because:

Your parents are trying to reduce the number of times you skip your high school classes. They take away your phone privileges every time they find out you did not go to class. This is an example of:

Joe is gearing up to deliver a campaign speech to a group of individuals who he believes have a high need for cognition. Prior to delivering his speech, Joe should focus his efforts on which of the following?

The fundamental attribution error is a more commonly known name for__________.