People may distance themselves from unsuccessful, low-status others in a process known as
A) cutting off reflected failure.
B) contamination containment.
C) reputation preservation.
D) self-handicapping.
Answer: A
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The study comparing Ghanaian and American students on recall suggests that:
A. the English language is easier to learn than Ghanaian B. female students have better memories than male students in each culture C. culture can influence how information is encoded and how easily it can be retrieved D. culture does not significantly influence how information is encoded and how easily it can be retrieved
Mike pitched a great game on Saturday, and he believes that it is because he wore his lucky socks. He has now decided that he will wear these socks for every game of the season because he believes that they will make him lucky. This belief is based on _____
a. superstition b. rationalism c. authority d. science
Evolutionary Psychology
a. studies ways in which adaptation and natural selection can be applied to mental processes and behavior. b. suggests that social behavior evolves and can be transmitted from one generation to the next. c. suggests that traits such as aggression and altruism help organisms survive and thus reproduce. d. suggests all of these.
Encoding specificity and transfer appropriate processing both emphasize
a. decisions at the encoding stage. b. decisions at the retrieval stage. c. the similarity between encoding and retrieval. d. the dissimilarity between encoding and retrieval.