Margo can't close the window in her office, and a strong wind has come up. She complains to John that her papers are blowing and she can't find a paperweight.John takes the empty heavy coffee mug from her bookshelf and puts it on top of her papers to anchor them. Margo has been suffering from ________
a. inadequate means-end analysis
b. functional fixedness
c. noncompensatory modeling
d. working backward
Answer: b
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Which of the following statements about sexual harassment is not true?
a. Sexual harassment is a form of coercion. b. In sexual harassment situations, women are usually forced to become silent victims. c. Women who have been sexually harassed report that the harassment was certainly unpleasant, but they recovered within 1 to 2 months. d. In sexual harassment situations, women are primarily seen as sexual objects, instead of workers or students.
A null hypothesis is rejected when
a. the differences are due to sampling error. b. the probability of finding a difference that large if the population means are equal is very low. c. the probability of finding a difference that large if the population means are equal is very high. d. the distribution is not normal.
The current state of knowledge regarding genetics and life experience effects on brain structure and function concludesthat most psychological disorders are a. the result of a complex interaction of genetics and faulty neurotransmitter circuits
b. the result of stressful early life experiences and the negative effects such experiences have on brain structure or function. c. the result of both biological and psychosocial factors. d. beyond our current ability to understand in any meaningful way.
Rachel was asked the following questions: "What is the biggest celebration you have ever attended?" and "When does Labour Day occur?" Rachel answered that the biggest celebration she had ever attended was her brother's bar mitzvah and that Labour Day was the first Monday in September. Her answers to both questions were part of her _____ memory.
A) episodic B) semantic C) implicit D) explicit