You Decide to Go to Work for a Presidential Candidate

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Essay

You decide to go to work for a presidential candidate in the next election.You think that the way for you to get folks to vote for your candidate is to use some psychology.So,you make a deal with a soft-drink company to insert a picture of your candidate into its commercials for only a brief instant.It will be so quick that no one will notice the picture.That way the candidate's image will enter viewers' subconscious minds and make them vote for your candidate.What psychological processes are you trying to use and will they be likely to work?

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Definitions:

MMPI-2

A widely used standardized psychometric test of adult personality and psychopathology.

Draw-A-Person

A projective psychological test where individuals are asked to draw a person, used to assess aspects of a person’s personality, intelligence, or emotional state.

Rorschach

A projective psychological test consisting of inkblots presented to subjects, whose interpretations are used to understand their emotional and cognitive functioning.

Thematic Apperception Test

A projective psychological test that asks respondents to create stories about ambiguous scenes, aiming to reveal their underlying motivations, feelings, and attitudes.