In Experiments by Robert Zajonc and His Coworkers,participants Were Exposed

question 93

Multiple Choice

In experiments by Robert Zajonc and his coworkers,participants were exposed to brief,novel passages of music while they focused their attention on other tasks.Results indicated that mere exposure leads to liking

• A)only when the exposed stimulus is task-related.
• B)only when people are consciously attending to the exposed stimulus.
• C)even when people are unaware of what they have been exposed to.
• D)unless background stimuli create a distraction and interfere with the processing of the task.

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Definitions:

Sympathetic

Pertaining to the sympathetic nervous system, which activates the body’s fight or flight response under stress.

Parasympathetic

A division of the autonomic nervous system responsible for conserving energy and bringing the body to a state of rest.

Gray Matter

The part of the brain that contains most of the brain's neuronal cell bodies and is involved in sensory perception, emotion, speech, decision making, and self-control.

White Matter

A component of the central nervous system consisting of glial cells and myelinated axons that facilitates communication between different brain regions.