Jake Had a Hypothesis About the Outcome of the Ross

question 27

Multiple Choice

Jake had a hypothesis about the outcome of the Ross and colleagues (2004) study about the "Wall Street Game" and the "Community Game." Jake hypothesized that the players would respond based on their personalities, not just the name of the game they played.His hypothesis is most likely based on which tendency?

• A) self-fulfilling prophecy
• B) construals
• C) direct social influence
• D) fundamental attribution error

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Definitions:

Encoding Failure

The inability to recall specific information because it was not adequately encoded into memory in the first place.

H.M.'s Brain

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Retroactive Interference

The phenomenon where newly learned information interferes with and impairs the recall of previously learned information.

Serial List

A serial list is a sequence of items organized in a specific order, often used for memorization or organizational purposes.