Participants in an Experiment Were Told That They Were Particularly

question 2

Multiple Choice

Participants in an experiment were told that they were particularly good at a task requiring social skills. Later, they were told that this information was utterly bogus and that all participants had received the same feedback. Then, at the end of the experiment, the participants were asked just how good they thought their social skills really were. On the basis of other studies, we should predict that, in this final self-assessment, participants will:

• A) show a strong contrast effect, thereby underestimating their social skills
• B) continue to believe the information they initially received, thereby overestimating their social skills
• C) be unable to integrate the sequence of inputs and will end up uncertain of how to assess their social skills
• D) rely on their bias toward trusting the most recent information and will be able to disregard the initial (later identified as bogus) feedback

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Definitions:

Transverse Processes

Projections from the side of a vertebra that serve as points of attachment for muscles and ligaments.

Superior Articular

Superior articular refers to the upper joint surface of a bone that articulates with another bone to form a joint, facilitating movement.

Vertebral Foramen

The central opening in each vertebra through which the spinal cord passes, providing canal-like protection.

Nucleus Pulposus

Soft central portion of the intervertebral disk.