Question

You have just spent the afternoon volunteering in the post-anesthesia recovery unit at the local hospital, helping patients with a variety of ailments. Even though you are not actually ill at all, as you walk home from the hospital you do so with a slight limp, and begin lightly coughing. What phenomenon is MOST likely to be responsible for this?

A. attribution
B. priming
C. framing
D. scripting

Answer 1

A. Your Attribution

Answer 2

Letter B is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Priming, in the field of psychology, refers to a technique whereby exposure to one stimulus leads to a response to a subsequent stimulus, usually unconsciously.

In this case, you are not sick, but the stimulus (being around sick people) may cause that you cough or feel bad as a reaction to this stimulus. Due to this, letter B is the correct answer.