Question

You are listening to a radio broadcast which describes a person who donated a kidney to a complete stranger in need of a transplant, when the phone rings and the fireman’s association asks you to make a donation. The idea of priming suggests that you will:_______.
a. be less likely to make a donation because your self-esteem has been threatened by realizing that you will never be as saintly as the person in the story.
b. be more likely to make a donation because you feel in a good mood after hearing the heart warming story.
c. be more likely to make a donation because the schema of being charitable has been made more accessible.
d. not be affected in your likelihood of making a donation by the radio broadcast.

Answer 1

Answer:

The idea of priming suggests that you will be more likely to make a donation because you feel in a good mood after hearing the heartwarming story.

Explanation:

• The concept of priming refers to the temporary influence that one experiences after having been subjected to anything capable of leaving a substantial mental impact.
• When priming happens, the decisions made by the individual who has been subjected to priming are greatly affected.
• The type of priming that is evident in the given example is perceptual priming in which the former and latter stimuli are very similar.