The Familiarity Effect Is the Tendency of People To

question 85

Multiple Choice

The familiarity effect is the tendency of people to:

• A) be unable to distinguish between actual experiences and what they have been told.
• B) believe that a statement is true simply because it has been repeated a number of times.
• C) feel more positive toward a person, item, product, or other stimulus that they have seen often.
• D) overestimate their abilities to have predicted an event once the outcome is known.

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Definitions:

Life Review

A therapeutic process often used in counseling the elderly, where individuals reflect on their past achievements and failures, leading to increased self-understanding and acceptance.

Demographic Similarities

Traits that are shared among groups of people within certain populations, such as age, race, or income level.

Personality Development

The growth and evolution of one's character, behavior traits, and personal qualities throughout life.

Gender Identity

A person's internal sense of their own gender, whether male, female, both, neither, or anywhere along the gender spectrum.