All of the Following Are True About First Impressions EXCEPT

question 19

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true about first impressions EXCEPT which statement?

• A)We have an innate system for quickly detecting a person's age and sex.
• B)Being highly attuned to physical characteristics has evolutionary survival value.
• C)In our day-to-day interactions,we rarely use observable characteristics to form impressions.
• D)We are quick to decide whether a person is a stranger or someone we know.

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Definitions:

Priming

The activation of information that people already have in storage to help them remember new information better and faster.

Multitasking

The ability to deal with more than one task simultaneously.

Divided Attention

Concentrating on more than one activity at the same time.

Mental Imagery

The process of creating visual representations in the mind, akin to visualizing scenarios or objects not currently present.