Imagine you are a mayor and are trying to convince the city council to agree with your proposal for a new water treatment plant. You decide to hire someone to testify in front of the city council
Name and describe the two characteristics you would look for when recruiting a credible communicator.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Expertise: Is the communicator an acknowledged expert on the relevant issues pertaining to water treatment?
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According to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, the final stage of dealing with one's own pending death is _______________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Köhler argued that solving a problem requires ____.?
a. ?experience with the tools available in the perceptual field b. ?a restructuring of the perceptual field c. ?opposable thumbs d. ?critical thinking skills e. ?transfer of training
Cate hears a funny ticking sound when she presses the gas pedal in her car. She hasn't noticed it before and she turns off the radio and leans forward in order to hear it better. Cate's shift in attention illustrates the behavior that psychologists refer to as:
a. an orienting response b. habituation c. desensitization d. conditioned inhibition
Which of the following briefly describes the classic research on obedience led by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s?
a) having the teacher administer shocks of increasing strength to a learner upon every incorrect response b) asking for $40 when you really only need $10 c) having some college students act as guards and having some act as prisoners in a make-believe prison d) having subjects select which line of three most closely resembles the standard line