In a Study of the Ways in Which Situations Influence

question 25

Multiple Choice

In a study of the ways in which situations influence our actions,participants in the Bargh,Chen,and Burrows (1996) study who were exposed to rude words

• A) were less likely to subsequently interrupt a conversation.
• B) were more likely to subsequently interrupt a conversation.
• C) were in a worse mood than those exposed to polite words.
• D) were less likely to want to participate in another study.

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Definitions:

Proportion

A statistic that measures the fraction of the total number of items in a set that are of a particular category or characteristic.

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that describes the occurrence of rare events or the number of events in fixed intervals of time or space.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Stratified Random Sample

A sampling method that divides the population into strata, or subgroups, and selects random samples from each stratum to ensure representation.