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, as you walk home from the hospital you do so with a slight limp, and begin coughing lightly. What phenomenon is most likely to be responsible for this?
A) attribution
B) priming
C) framing
D) scripting

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The most likely phenomenon responsible for the slight limp and cough is priming. Being surrounded by sick patients and a hospital environment may have activated subconscious thoughts and behaviors related to sickness, leading to psychosomatic symptoms like a limp and cough. Attribution involves explaining the cause of someone else's behavior or situation, framing involves presenting information in a specific way to influence perception, and scripting involves following a predetermined set of behaviors or actions. None of these are directly related to the described symptoms.

You Have Just Spent the Afternoon Volunteering in the Post-Anesthesia