Deepa has finally decided where to attend graduate school—University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After she has informed all the schools of her final decision, she begins to question her choice. However, she immediately focuses on all the reasons Illinois was the best choice for her, and better than her other options by far. This reassures her and makes her happy again. Deepa's feeling of
uncertainty and subsequent motivation to justify her choice is an example of ____.
a. attributional regret
b. post-decision dissonance
c. tyranny of choice
d. attitude accessibility
B
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One Saturday, Adolf was sitting at home when the telephone rang. A local company was making promotional calls and told Adolf he had just won a $1,000 gift certificate. He felt a rush of excitement at the thought of what he could do with $1,000 . Now Adolf finds that whenever he hears a telephone ring, he feels a small surge of excitement. In this example of classical conditioning, the conditioned
stimulus is: a. the ringing of a telephone b. the rush of excitement that Adolf felt when he won the gift certificate c. the news that he had won a $1,000 gift certificate d. the rush of excitement that Adolf feels whenever he hears a ringing telephone
Prenatal exposure to heavy metals such as ____________________ threatens to delay mental development at 1 and 2 years of age
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Bart is asked by his psychotherapist to close his eyes. After
a few minutes of relaxing, the therapist asks Bart to discuss whatever comes to mind and to continue without censoring any of the ideas or thoughts he experiences. Bart is experiencing the therapeutic technique of A) active confrontation. B) transference. C) free association. D) systematic desensitization.
List the scales of measurement in order from the least to most informative scale.
What will be an ideal response?