A Participant Is Unconsciously Primed with a Smiling Face

question 27

Multiple Choice

A participant is unconsciously primed with a smiling face. The experiment comes back into the room and exclaims, "Hey!" with an ambiguous tone. The participant evaluates it as a friendly exclamation. This is best described as an example of which of the following?

• A) Assimilation effect
• B) Contrast effect
• C) Stimulus ambiguity
• D) Self-protective motivations

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Definitions:

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