The Results of Bargh and Colleagues and Hummert and Colleagues

question 66

Multiple Choice

The results of Bargh and colleagues and Hummert and colleagues reveal that

• A) causal attributions of older adults are more likely to be dispositional in nature.
• B) negative stereotypes are activated when we are unaware of them.
• C) patronizing speech is common among nursing home workers.
• D) personal control is related to memory performance.

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Definitions:

Conjuncts

Parts of a complex sentence or statement, connected by a conjunction, each part contributing to the whole meaning.

Self-Contradictions

Statements that inherently contradict themselves, making them logically untrue.

Conjunction

A word that connects phrases, clauses, or words together in a sentence; in logic, it represents a compound statement that is true only if both of its component statements are true.

Conjunct

An element of a conjunction in logic, being one of the propositions that are combined by "and" to form a conjunction.