Researchers suggest that investors are more influenced by news and stock market tips during periods of rising and falling prices than during periods of relative stability. This is consistent with social psychological research concerning
a. social exchange theory and equity theory.
b. conformity and social comparison processes.
c. cognitive dissonance and self-perception theories.
d. contrast effects and excitation transfer.
b
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In running multiple comparisons in a repeated-measures design we can use procedures that we would use with independent groups designs because
a. the error term is corrected for any lack of independence in the data. b. the error term is a conservative one. c. the multiple comparison procedures we use have nothing to do with the question of independence or lack of it. d. we create our own adjusted error term for multiple comparisons.
Duncan is addicted to heroin and has to keep increasing his dosage to get the same effects. This effect of addiction is called ____
a. ?psychoactive dependence b. ?psychological independence c. ?drug tolerance d. ?habituation
One problem with using hypnosis to recall unconscious memories is that
a. when awake the memory will once again fade away. b. the hypnotized person fills in the gaps with imagination, creating false memories. c. most of the time people are faking being hypnotized. d. memories are actually lost during hypnosis, not recovered.
Fiber pathways carrying information about touch cross the midline in the
A. spinal cord. B. medulla. C. midbrain. D. forebrain.