Question
Researchers had participants memorize a number of words before reading an ambiguous passage about a character named Donald. The words participants read influenced how they interpreted Donald's somewhat ambiguous behavior.
The take-home message of this study is that thoughts have to be ________ before they affect our impressions of the social world.
a. either accessible or applicable
b. accessible, but not necessarily applicable
c. applicable, but not necessarily accessible
d. both accessible and applicable
Answer:
d. both accessible and applicable
Explanation:
This is known as priming , a technique whereby individuals are exposed to one stimulus with the aim of influencing a response to a subsequent stimulus, without conscious guidance or intention. In the example for instance , the words memorized by the students will influence their understanding or comprehension of the passage about Donald. This technique can also be perceptual or semantic.
Question Options:
a) either accessible or applicable
b) accessible, but not necessarily applicable
c) applicable, but not necessarily accessible
d) both accessible and applicable
Answer: BOTH ACCESSIBLE AND APPLICABLE.
Explanation:Thoughts have to be accessible and applicable before they affect our impressions of the social world.
I'm Psychology, this can be further expatiated by illustrating Priming which is the implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences response to a subsequent stimulus.
What this means basically is that our response to an action can be greatly influenced by the exposure to a previous action.
