Todorov and Colleagues Asked Princeton University Students to Pick Who

question 12

Multiple Choice

Todorov and colleagues asked Princeton University students to pick who won a series of U.S.Senate and U.S.House of Representative elections.Students correctly picked the winners the majority of the time.What were their guesses based on?

• A)their superior memory of the elections' actual outcomes
• B)picking who the more attractive candidate in the race was based on photographs
• C)mere exposure of the candidates' names
• D)the candidates' election platform

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Definitions:

Infarction

Tissue death caused by a local lack of oxygen, due to obstruction of the tissue's blood supply.

Necrosis

The demise of cells or tissues within the body, caused by illness, harm, or insufficient blood flow.

Infarct

An area of dead tissue resulting from the obstruction of blood supply to that area, commonly associated with heart attacks and strokes.

Hgb

Hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body.