Research suggests that the idea that "familiarity breeds contempt" ____

a. is almost always true, regardless of the circumstances
b. is almost always false, regardless of the circumstances
c. is almost always true, unless people initially have a very favorable attitude
d. is almost always false, unless people initially have an unfavorable attitude


D

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a. Schaie b. Labouvie-Vief c. Blanchard-Fields d. Mc Adams

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a. ?applied psychology principles b. ?schedules of reinforcement c. ?rates of responding d. ?only continuous schedules e. ?extinction schedules

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a. inference. b. syntax. c. parsing. d. phoneme restoration.

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A) blame themselves for all negative outcomes and to avoid taking credit for successful outcomes and to avoid B) take credit for significant others' accomplishments and to blame themselves for negative outcomes C) examine the roots of their depression that can be found in their repressed urges, inner conflicts or traumatic childhood events D) view some successes and failures as due to external factors that they can control to some extent E) take credit for successful outcomes and to avoid blaming themselves for all negative outcomes

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