The First Information Learned About a Person Tends to Be

question 88

Multiple Choice

The first information learned about a person tends to be given more importance than later information,which is called the

• A) fundamental attribution.
• B) polarization effect.
• C) recency effect.
• D) primacy effect.

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Stage

A concept in Freudian psychology referring to the series of developmental stages children go through, where each stage is characterized by the erogenous zone that is the source of a child's psychosexual energy.

Latency Stage

A phase in Freudian psychosexual development occurring from age six to puberty, characterized by a decrease in sexual interest and activity.

Anal Stage

A phase in Freudian psychosexual development where a child's focus is on controlling bladder and bowel movements.

Oedipus Complex

In psychoanalysis, a conflict occurring in the phallic (Oedipal) stage, in which a child desires the parent of the other sex and views the same-sex parent as a rival.