Lowering body and brain activity and metabolism during sleep may help conserve energy and lengthen life, according to the theories of sleep
Fill in the blank with correct word
repair/restorative
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With regard to Masters and Johnson's model of sexual response, sexual problems occur at all but which of the four stages?
A. resolution B. excitement C. orgasm D. plateau
Caleb saw an elderly lady struggling with a number of packages in a crowded shopping center, but he didn't offer any help. His actions in this case are consistent with:
a. social loafing b. social interference c. the bystander effect d. normative social influence
Sets of statements that propose general principles to explain development are known as
A) cross-sectional designs. B) hypotheses. C) theories. D) constructs.
Recall that Brehm (1956) asked women to rate the desirability of a number of appliances and then allowed them to choose one of those appliances as a gift
Twenty minutes later, all women re-rated the same appliances, including the one they chose. Women tended to rate the alternatives they rejected lower than they had originally, and to rate their chosen appliance more positively. These results suggest that people a. seldom collect enough information before making decisions. b. reduce dissonance by overestimating differences between chosen and unchosen alternatives. c. are more likely to experience cognitive dissonance when decisions are irrevocable. d. experience more dissonance when their decisions implicate their self-concepts as rational and reasonable.