The Authors of Your Text Described a Study in Which

question 57

Multiple Choice

The authors of your text described a study in which university students kept track of their moods in daily diaries.The results of this study suggest that

• A) introspection is an unreliable source of data.
• B) people have a great deal of difficulty constructing plausible explanations for their moods.
• C) people can fairly accurately identify the causes of their moods.
• D) people can accurately predict how their moods will influence their behaviour.
• E) if you expect something to influence your mood, your expectation will become "self-fulfilled."

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Definitions:

Data Sets

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Direct Quotes

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Problem Statement

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Drawing Conclusions

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