If Professor Plum Begins an Interaction with His Class Using

question 26

Multiple Choice

If Professor Plum begins an interaction with his class using negative behavior, but during the course of the interaction he switches to positive behavior, how does the loss-gain effect explain how the class would feel about Professor Plum as compared with Professor Reibolt, who started interacting positively and changed to negative behavior?

• A) The class would not be attracted to either person due to an inability to predict behavior.
• B) The class would not be attracted to either person due to a dislike for any negativity in interaction.
• C) The class would be attracted to Professor Plum because their expectations were exceeded.
• D) The class would be attracted to Professor Reibolt because impressions are formed early in interactions.

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Definitions:

Unless

A conjunction used to indicate that a particular situation would occur only if there's an exception or condition not met.

Just In Case

A phrase used to describe a precautionary action taken to prepare for a possible future event or circumstance.

Conditional

A logical statement that has an if-then structure, implying that if one condition is met, then another condition follows.

Negation

In logic, the operation that takes a proposition to its opposite in truth value.