Recognizing the Powerful Impact of Social Influence on Others' Behaviors

question 19

Multiple Choice

Recognizing the powerful impact of social influence on others' behaviors is most likely to minimize

• A) passionate love.
• B) social facilitation.
• C) the mere exposure effect.
• D) the fundamental attribution error.

Acquire knowledge on the influence of appearance and first impressions on judgments of others' traits and abilities.

Understand the concept and functions of schemas in processing and encoding information.

Comprehend the role of stereotypes and prototypes in impression formation and social categorization.

Grasp the principles underlying cognitive algebra in impression formation.

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