Which of the Following Events Best Exemplifies the Concept of Signaling

question 187

Multiple Choice

Which of the following events best exemplifies the concept of signaling?

• A)A college student's parents, having learned that their child is short of money, send her a check for $1,000.
• B)A woman, who is trying to win the love of a certain man, buys him a very personal gift.
• C)A grocery store maintains a policy of examining the driver's license of everyone who writes a personal check to purchase their groceries.
• D)A university maintains a policy of considering for admission only those students who graduated among the top ten percent of their high school class.

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Definitions:

Mental Accessibility

The ease with which specific information can be retrieved from memory, influenced by the frequency or recentness of exposure.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus.

Psychological Reactance

A motivational reaction to offers, persons, rules, or regulations that threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms.

Attitude Inoculation

A method of making individuals resistant to attempts to change their attitudes by initially exposing them to small arguments against their beliefs.