Question
A professor with a heavy Belgian accent helped demonstrate this effect in an experiment conducted by Timothy Wilson and Richard Nisbit. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this effect that was also demonstrated in an experiment where soldiers who were taller or seen as more attractive were judged to be better soldiers.
ANSWER: halo effect
[10m] This behaviorist psychologist, who posited the halo effect, also devised a law of effect which partially states that satisfying responses in a situation become more likely to occur in the same situation.
ANSWER: Edward Thorndike [or Edward Lee Thorndike]
[10e] Thorndike’s law of effect serves as the basis for this psychological process which may come in “operant” or “classical” forms.
ANSWER: conditioning
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 25% | 50% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 0% | 75% |
Data
| Chicago A | Ohio State A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Michigan A | Chicago B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Purdue A | Chicago C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Michigan B | Chicago D | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Missouri | SIUE B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| WUSTL | Ohio State B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Purdue C | Purdue B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Ohio State C | SIUE A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |