You Think All Professors Are Uncoordinated, but Then You See

question 48

Multiple Choice

You think all professors are uncoordinated, but then you see your social psychology professor make a diving catch down the left-field line an intramural softball game against the Arts Department team. You also notice that your professor hits lead-off for the team and is able to score from second base on a ground-out. You maintain your original stereotype of professors as uncoordinated by deciding that this one individual is an exception to the rule because he is a "young professor." This is an example of

• A) social identity theory.
• B) implicit personality theory.
• C) subtyping.
• D) None of these

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Definitions:

Teacher's Attitude

The predispositions or orientations a teacher holds towards students, teaching practices, and educational expectations.

Spearman Rank-Correlation

A non-parametric measure of rank correlation, assessing how well the relationship between two variables can be described using a monotonic function.

Nonparametric Test

A type of statistical test that does not assume the data comes from a particular distribution.

Matched-Pairs Sample

A method where each subject is paired based on certain characteristics before being assigned to different treatments for comparison.