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

question 57

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you are grading the exams of two students,Michael and Fredo.They both get only half the questions correct.However,Michael gets most of his questions right on the first half of the test,whereas Fredo gets most of his questions right on the last half of the test.According to Asch's work on primacy effects in impression formation,you would be likely to conclude that

• A)Michael is smarter than Fredo.
• B)Fredo is smarter than Michael.
• C)Michael and Fredo are equally unintelligent.
• D)Michael became overconfident while taking the exam.

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