During his statistics class this morning, Stuart was completely confused. He considered asking questions during the lecture, but because nobody else asked questions, he did not want to raise his hand and make a fool of himself in front of everyone. Stuart's failure to ask questions most likely stems from
a. diffusion of responsibility.
b. stimulus overload.
c. pluralistic ignorance.
d. audience inhibition.
c
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The prefrontal cortex, the region of the cerebral cortex responsible for____, helps us manage our attention, behavior, and emotions so that we reach short-term and long-term goals
a. all mental disorders b. thought and planning c. emotional processing d. executive functioning
During the first four days following conception, the structure of 60 to 80 cells is called the
a. homo spherical. b. blobonoidal entity. c. blastocyst. d. zygotenoid.
Every summer, you attend two weeks of summer camp. You look forward to this two weeks all year and are very excited upon your arrival. While at camp, you engage in activities that you don't normally, such as zip lining, fishing, and archery. While at camp, you meet someone from a different part of the country. You do not have many shared interests, but feel very strongly attracted to this person. Which of the following does this exemplify?
A. similarity-attraction hypothesis B. misattribution of arousal C. mere exposure D. assortative mating
A therapist turns on a buzzer when a client speaks slowly and laboriously. She turns it off when the client speaks more rapidly. In other cases the therapist instructs the client's spouse to ignore his mate when she complains or acts in a self-deprecating manner. This is an example of:
A. behavioral therapy B. cognitive therapy C. humanistic therapy D. psychodynamic therapy