The sunk cost effect is the decision to do what?
a. To do something unpleasant just because you already paid for it
b. To make a risky decision to try to gain something
c. To make a risky decision to try to avoid losing something
d. To buy the more expensive item because you assume it is of higher quality
a
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One neurological theory that attempts to explain impulse control disorders is that __________ have gone out of control in people with such conditions.
A. brainstem structures B. serotonin and dopamine systems C. pleasure pathways D. temporal and parietal lobes of the cortex
Callie is participating in a behavior therapy method in which her therapist first teaches her relaxation techniques. Based on this description, what is most likely to be Callie's therapy of choice?
a. aversive conditioning b. dream analysis c. systematic desensitization d. token economy e. REBT
We use a ______ when we have a large (potentially infinite) number of possible scores.
a. interval frequency table b. cumulative frequency table c. descriptive frequency table d. grouped frequency table
The fact that elaborative rehearsal is a more effective means of transferring information from short-term memory to long-term memory is consistent with the ____ model of memory
a. ?levels-of-processing b. ?reconstruction c. ?pyramid d. ?reciprocal determinism