Steve Has a Headache and Some Muscle Stiffness, but He

question 212

Multiple Choice

Steve has a headache and some muscle stiffness, but he shrugs these symptoms off as a minor inconvenience. Micah has a headache and some muscle stiffness and is so concerned he rushes himself to the urgent care centre of the local medical clinic. How would Steve likely score, relative to Micah, on tests of anxiety and neuroticism?

• A)higher in anxiety and neuroticism
• B)lower in anxiety and neuroticism
• C)lower in anxiety and higher in neuroticism
• D)higher in anxiety and lower in neuroticism

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Definitions:

Foot-In-The-Door Phenomenon

A compliance tactic that involves getting a person to agree to a large request by first setting them up by having that person agree to a modest request.

Attitude

A mental inclination demonstrated through assessing a specific entity with a certain level of preference or aversion.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The habit of focusing too much on someone's personal attributes and overlooking the circumstances when assessing their behavior.

Cognitive Dissonance

The psychological dissonance faced when someone maintains a variety of opposing beliefs, ideas, or values simultaneously.