If We Expect Someone to Be Cheerful, Our Actions Toward

question 47

Multiple Choice

If we expect someone to be cheerful, our actions toward the person may encourage him or her to be cheerful. This phenomenon is an example of how

• A) social situation affects different people differently.
• B) people choose their social situations.
• C) people create their social situations.
• D) social situations have little effect.

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Definitions:

Deep Structure Elaboration

A concept in cognitive psychology suggesting a detailed and profound processing of information, leading to better understanding and retention.

Surface Structure

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The set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, especially the order of words.

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