Frank and Gina Are Looking at an Abstract Painting in a Museum.Gina

question 159

Multiple Choice

Frank and Gina are looking at an abstract painting in a museum.Gina describes objects and people she thinks she sees in the painting.Frank says,"It's a bunch of paint thrown on a canvas." Gina responds,"No,there is so much here that you just don't see." During lunch they agree that their experience reminds them of what concept they learned in Introductory Psychology?

• A)social cognition
• B)trait theory
• C)projective testing
• D)the Big Five

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