Ellen Is at the Mall When She Runs into One

question 34

Multiple Choice

Ellen is at the mall when she runs into one of her closest friends, Vicki. Vicki is with a friend and introduces that friend to Ellen. Research on impression formation suggests that

• A) Ellen will feel jealous and immediately dislike Vicki's friend.
• B) Ellen's affection for Vicki will make her tend to like Vicki's friend.
• C) Ellen will be focused on shopping and not form an impression of Vicki's friend.
• D) Ellen will like Vicki's friend because she is from out of town.

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Definitions:

Schizophrenia

A long-term mental disorder involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.

Voice Hallucinations

Auditory hallucinations where an individual hears voices that are not present or generated by an external source.

Thalamus

A structure in the brain that acts as a relay station, transmitting information from the sensory organs to the cerebral cortex.

Auditory Cortex

The region of the brain that is responsible for processing auditory information, located in the temporal lobe.