Hong and Colleagues (2003) Primed Bicultural Students with American, Chinese

question 71

Multiple Choice

Hong and colleagues (2003) primed bicultural students with American, Chinese, or neutral images. Why were they able to make more dispositional attributions in the American condition and more situational attributions in the Chinese condition?

• A) They had more distinctiveness information in one condition than the other.
• B) The availability heuristic was helpful.
• C) The image "prime" influenced their way of thinking.
• D) They could make self-serving attributions.

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Definitions:

Chemical Synapse

A junction between two nerve cells where neurotransmitters are released to transmit signals.

Presynaptic Terminal

The end part of a nerve cell (neuron) that communicates signals to another neuron or muscle cell across a synapse.

Postsynaptic Membrane

The region of a neuron that receives and responds to neurotransmitter signals from another neuron at a synapse.

Action Potential

A rapid rise and subsequent fall in voltage or electrical charge across a cellular membrane, typically neurons, signaling along the nerve.