According to Ambady, What Was the Shortest Amount of Time

question 51

Multiple Choice

According to Ambady, what was the shortest amount of time that subjects had to observe a teacher in order for their intuitive ratings to match the ratings of students who were in the teacher's class for the whole semester?

• A)6 seconds
• B)90 seconds
• C)5 minutes
• D)10 minutes

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Illusory Correlation

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