Comparing yourself with a person who ranks lower than you on some dimension is referred to as
a. unilateral comparison.
b. discounting.
c. reverse comparison.
d. downward comparison.
d. Downward Comparison
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a. it is too expensive for most patients to afford b. in large doses, it can produce severe memory loss c. it interacts with the tyramine in certain foods to produce a life-threatening side effect d. it has serious side effects that can occur if blood levels of lithium are not regularly monitored
African Americans perform worse when they believe they are taking an intelligence test than when they think the test has some other purpose. This has been explained in terms of:
a. racial bias in test content b. the Flynn Effect c. the heritability of intelligence d. stereotype threat
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A) déjà vu. B) memory construction. C) blocking. D) false recognition.
Giovanni's car was in a snow bank, and his rear wheels were without traction. He used his ski jacket under one tire and a flattened cardboard box under the other tire to provide the traction he needed to get the car out of the snow bank. Giovanni did NOT show __________ in coming to this solution
a. functional fixedness c. a mental set b. insight d. creativity