What Might Be an Effect of Expectancies in Real Life

question 81

Multiple Choice

What might be an effect of expectancies in real life?

• A) to create new behavioral tendencies
• B) to enhance reputations
• C) to magnify or maintain existing behavioral tendencies
• D) to diminish or punish existing behavioral tendencies

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Definitions:

Senses

Physiological capacities of organisms that provide data for perception, such as sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

David Hume

A Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist known especially for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism.

Philosophical Investigations

A work by Ludwig Wittgenstein that examines the nature of language, thought, and meaning through ordinary language philosophy.

Michel Foucault

A French philosopher and historian known for his critical studies of social institutions, including the human sciences, prisons, and the history of sexuality.