Indiana Jones goes off to foreign lands in search of artifacts hidden in dangerous places and guarded by fierce protectors. From the perspective of arousal theory, Dr. Jones would be described as high in a characteristic known as:
a) need for achievement.
b) extraversion.
c) sensation seeking.
d. incentive value.
ANS: C, Indiana Jones looks for intense, novel, and varied experiences.
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Which of the following is a FALSE statement regarding the students from conservative homes who attended liberal Bennington College and exhibited a significant shift toward more liberal attitudes?
a. Bennington College would be considered one of their membership groups. b. Their family and friends would be considered membership groups. c. Bennington College would be considered their reference group. d. Their family and hometown friends would be considered their reference group.
Studies have shown that if parents are in a high-conflict relationship divorce, children’s behavior problems
a. increase slightly. b. skyrocket. c. decrease. d. disappear.
Although dissociative disorder causation is unclear, recent evidence would indicate that
a. the puzzle will never be solved due to its complexity. b. it is mainly predisposing by genetics. c. the diathesis stress model will make it clear. d. brain changes and trauma are significant risk factors.
The type of consolidation that occurs over a time scale of seconds to minutes involves the transfer of memory from:
A) sensory memory to working memory. B) short-term memory to long-term memory. C) the cortex to the hippocampus. D) the hippocampus to the cortex.