Asked by Tiffiny arnold on Jun 13, 2024

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In one study on the effects of schema accessibility,students were asked to evaluate a student who smiled while receiving a compliment from the professor.What were the findings of the study?

A) Prior priming with words related to arrogance led participants to rate the student as more conceited.
B) Participants for whom conceitedness was chronically accessible rated the student as more conceited.
C) Priming with arrogance-related words increased ratings of the student as conceited,but most especially among students with high chronic accessibility of conceitedness.
D) Participants were most likely to rate the student as conceited if they already had negative attitudes toward the student.

Schema Accessibility

The ease with which a mental schema (a structured set of concepts) can be retrieved from memory, influencing how people encode and recall information.

Arrogance

An attitude of superior importance or presumption often manifested through an overbearing manner.

Conceitedness

An attitude of excessive pride in oneself or one’s achievements, often manifesting as arrogance or vanity.

  • Acquire knowledge on the concept of priming and its subsequent effects on behavior and perception.
  • Acquire knowledge on how the importance one attributes to personal matters influences the ease of accessing schemas.
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Shoroq AlabdaliJun 14, 2024
Final Answer :
C
Explanation :
The study found that priming with arrogance-related words increased ratings of the student as conceited, but most especially among students with high chronic accessibility of conceitedness. This suggests that the effect of priming on evaluations is amplified when individuals have a pre-existing cognitive schema or personality trait that is relevant to the primed construct. Option A is incorrect because it only addresses the effect of priming with arrogance-related words and does not consider chronic accessibility. Option B is partially correct, but the study specifically looks at the interaction between priming and chronic accessibility. Option D is incorrect because the study did not measure negative attitudes toward the student.