Imagine You Meet a Friend of a Friend and Your

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Multiple Choice

Imagine you meet a friend of a friend and your initial impression of them leads you to believe that they aren't a very interesting person. You run into them every now and then and start a few superficial conversations (i.e. try to 'make small talk') but never make an effort to engage them in a deep or meaningful way. You decide that your initial impression of them must be correct, since they never seem to have anything interesting to say. What concept does this example demonstrate?

• A)cognitive dissonance
• B)group polarization
• C)the self-serving bias
• D)the fundamental attribution error
• E)a self-fulfilling prophecy

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Definitions:

Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Cumulative Experience

The total knowledge or skill that is gained through repeated exposure or activity over time.

Jung

Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, known for concepts like archetypes, the collective unconscious, and individuation.

MBTI

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, a personality inventory classifying individuals into 16 psychological types based on preferences in perceiving the world and making decisions.