Ch 1 & 2 – Social Psychology – Flashcards

Imagining alternative scenarios and outcomes that might have happened, but didn't is

Why is it easier to think of words that start with the letter K than words that have the letter K as the third letter?

A group of people were told that red M&M's caused cancer. Later they were told that they had received incorrect information and that red M&M's were absolutely safe. According to research on belief perseverance, the people

Jeff is tall and thin, at 6'5". He rolls his eyes every time someone asks him if he is a student athlete on the men's basketball team. Leave me alone he thinks to himself all I want to do is read and write poetry. Just because he is tall, people assume he is a basketball player. This demonstrates