Introduction to Psychology

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• The bright red letters might get you to read the instructions, but you will do less well than usual on this test! Ever since you started school, your teachers have been marking your errors with red ink. Just seeing red ink at the top of a test reminds you of failure. Psychologists have found that even a small red letter or number at the top of a test slightly impairs students’ performance (Elliot, Maier, Moller, Friedman, & Meinhardt, 2007). (查看原文)

  脫繮的蛇肉堡 2012-08-09 21:34:17

• When you choose a career or a place to live, you can cite all sorts of logical reasons, but you might overlook a subtle, unconscious infl uence: your name! People named Dennis or Denise are slightly more likely than others to become a dentist, apparently just because they like the sound of the word “dentist,” which is similar to their own name. People named Laura or Larry are more likely than others to become a lawyer. People named Louis or Louise are more likely than others to move to Louisiana, and people named George or Georgia are more likely to move to Georgia. People who were born on March 3 (3/3) are more likely than others to move to a town like Three Forks, Montana, or Three Oaks, Michigan (Pelham, Mirenberg, & Jones, 2002). People have a slight tendency to marry someone with the ... (查看原文)

  脫繮的蛇肉堡 2012-08-09 21:38:26

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