According to Ambady, What Was the Shortest Amount of Time

question 249

Multiple Choice

According to Ambady, what was the shortest amount of time that subjects were able to observe a teacher in order for their intuitive ratings to match the ratings of students who were in the teacher's class for the whole semester?

• A) six seconds
• B) 90 seconds
• C) five minutes
• D) 10 minutes

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Definitions:

Centration

In Piaget’s theory, the tendency of a young child to focus only on one feature of an object while ignoring other relevant features.

Appearance

The way that someone or something looks to others, encompassing aspects of physical presentation and style.

Cognitive Development

The study of how thinking, problem solving, and understanding of the world evolve from infancy through adulthood, influenced by genetics, experience, and education.

Preoperational

The Preoperational stage is the second stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, occurring from ages 2 to 7, where children begin to engage in symbolic play but lack the ability to perform operations or see things from the perspective of others.