What does a self-serving bias do?
a. It maximizes credit and minimizes blame
b. It provides an excuse for failure.
c. It explains behaviors that other attributions do not explain.
d. It convinces other people to help you.
a
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Scientific hypotheses are best described as ________
a. educated guesses b. the first step to proving a fact is true c. theories d. research methods
According to your textbook, which of the following would NOT be classified as a scheduled gradual reduction technique?
a. A person delays having the first cigarette in the morning and then tries to delay a little longer each day. b. A person gradually reduces the total number of cigarettes smoked each day. c. A person quits completely, but for just one week, then quits again, a week at a time, for as many times as necessary to make it stick. d. A person who smokes heavily one day and then goes "cold turkey" the next day, alternating every other day.
According to materialism, reality
a. can be interpreted as responses to perceptual stimuli. b. is revealed through an understanding of the physical world, of which the mind is a part. c. is the harmonious interaction between mind, body, and environment. d. is an individual experience arising from consciousness. e. is the end product of social agreement.
Neurons that carry messages from the sense organs to the spinal cord or the brain are called ________ neurons
a. afferent b. sensory c. inter- d. efferent