Information-processing theorists use the term _____ to describe the part of the unique element of the cognitive system that plans and monitors problem-solving
a. fuzzy-traces
b. sensory registers
c. executive control processes
d. implicit memory
c
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Milgram's study of obedience demonstrated that most people will not hurt another person when instructed to do so by an authority figure. 2. Participants obeyed Milgram's order to shock another person because of the implicit threat of punishment. 3. Beliefs are positive and negative evaluations about an object or event. 4. When you laugh along with others at a friend's joke, even when you don't understand it, you are likely being affected by informational influence. 5. A soft drink company is more likely to use systematic persuasion than is a real-estate company.
Jan has a fear of riding across bridges. In order to get her over this phobia, she is asked to imagine a series of increasingly distressing images involving her riding in a car across increasingly longer bridges as she is relaxed. The most distressing scene she imagines is driving across the Lake Pontchartrain Bridge to her cousin's house. This procedure is a type of
a. desensitization. b. transference. c. in-vivo exposure. d. imagery rehearsal.
Which is false of subgoals?
a. They should be precisely defined. b. They should contain rules. c. They should be compared to performance. d. They should not be altered.
Terri collapsed at work and had to be rushed to the hospital
While she was in the hospital, she revealed to the medical staff that she had been working more than 80 hours per week for the last month and never had time to sleep or eat right. Terri's collapse was likely due to the _____ stage of the general adaptation syndrome. a) resistance b) adaptation c) exhaustion d) alarm