In the "False Fame" Experiments,participants Were Asked to Read Through

question 34

Multiple Choice

In the "false fame" experiments,participants were asked to read through a list of names,merely pronouncing each name out loud.Later,participants were shown a second list,and asked which names on this list were the names of the famous people.Some of these names were utterly fictitious but were actually repeats of names that had appeared on the earlier (pronunciation) list.People were most likely to identify a fictitious name as famous if

• A)the pronunciation task and the famous judgments were separated by at least 24 hours.
• B)the pronunciation task and the famous judgments were separated by only a few minutes.
• C)many fictitious names were shown on the second (fame)list.
• D)the individual had previously completed a famous name identification task.

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Definitions:

Social

Relating to society or its organization, or the interaction and communication among people within a community or group.

Legal

Pertaining to the system of rules and guidelines that govern behavior and practices within a society.

Conditioned Reinforcer

A stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer; also known as a secondary reinforcer.

Primary Reinforcer

An innately reinforcing stimulus like food or drink, which does not require learning to become pleasurable or satisfying.