Imagine That You Are Grading the Exams of Two Students,Ralph

question 77

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you are grading the exams of two students,Ralph and Nathan.They both get only half the questions correct.Nathan gets the first 25 questions wrong and the last 25 questions correct,whereas Ralph gets the first 25 questions correct and then misses the remaining 25.According to Asch's work on primacy effects in impression formation,how would you most likely judge Nathan and Ralph?

• A) You would probably think that Ralph is smarter than Nathan.
• B) You would probably think that Nathan is smarter than Ralph.
• C) You would probably think that Ralph and Nathan are equally intelligent.
• D) You would probably think that Ralph and Nathan are equally careless.

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