Social Studies

Abbie Richmond

16 March, 06:41

Dr. Kestler always gives her students a "pep talk" before each major course exam. She carefully chooses her words in the "pep talk," always emphasizing intelligence and preparation. Dr. Brown teaches the same course but does the opposite. He warns students to expect low grades on his difficult exams. Given research by Bargh on priming, what do you predict?

a. Dr. Kestler's students will perform better than Dr. Brown's students on the exam.

b. Dr. Brown's students will perform better than Dr. Kestler's students on the exam.

c. There will be no difference in test performance between the two classes.

d. Both classes will perform more poorly than a class in which the professor says nothing before major course exams.