Your Textbook Describes a Study in Which Participants Preferred Tea

question 11

Multiple Choice

Your textbook describes a study in which participants preferred tea whose name contained the first 3 letters of their own name 64% of time, and tea whose name contained the first three letters of their experimental partner's name 36% of the time. If unconscious preferences had no effect on behavior then participants should have chosen the tea whose name included the first three letters of their name what percent of the time ?

• A)75
• B)33
• C)25
• D)50

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Definitions:

Psychological Wounds

Emotional damage or trauma resulting from distressing experiences, affecting an individual's mental health and functioning.

Triggered

Describes a response activated by a specific stimulus, often resulting in emotional or psychological distress.

Individuation

A psychological process in which an individual becomes distinct and differentiated from others, often associated with the work of Carl Jung.

Psychological Separateness

The individual's ability to maintain their own identity and emotional independence while in relationships.