Eric, a senior in high school, always boasted to his classmates that he should be homecoming king because he was the best football player the school had ever had, the most fit and attractive, and the most studious
His classmates knew most of Eric's claims were not true. Eric is suffering from ________. a) hostile attributional bias
b) narcissism
c) desensitization
d) excitation transfer issues
b
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a. the realization that there is a tremendous discrepancy between idealized views of pregnancy and the reality of pregnancy. b. a feeling of transition into adulthood. c. pleasure at watching one's body grow larger. d. a feeling of emptiness and lack of purpose.
Gregory was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, which produces degeneration in the basal ganglia. He likely will experience increasing difficulty with learning new ____ memories
a. ?declarative b. ?procedural c. ?episodic d. ?semantic
Ronnie is trying to decide whether to vote for a certain political candidate. Based on what she has read about him, she has concluded that he is not qualified for the position, but she agrees with his political positions
Also, she trusts him and likes his decisive personality. In fact, she likes him so much that she sent a small donation to his campaign. Ronnie's sending a donation to the campaign represents the ______ component of her attitude toward him. a) affective b) cognitive c) behavioral d) situational
If you stare for 30 seconds at a red object and
then look at a blank sheet of white paper, you will see a greenish image of the object. This phenomenon BEST supports ________ theory of color vision. a) the Grieco trichromatic b) the opponent-process c) the Helmholtz trichromatic d) Hering's vibration