The overjustification effect refers to . . .
a. Situations that inadvertently turn play into work by offering external inducements
b. Justifying your goofing off at work as “creative self-actualization”
c. Blaming two or more minions for your unacceptable project
d. Revealing to your boss that your inadequacies are due to a lack of skill and motivation
a. Situations that inadvertently turn play into work by offering external inducements
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A recent meta-analyses (Cuijpers et al., 2011) on the efficacy of interpersonal psychotherapy for depression (IPT) found that
a. IPT was superior to no treatment. b. IPT plus medication was no better than medication alone. c. IPT was consistently superior to other psychotherapies for depression. d. none of the above
In the movie DareDevil, the main character suffered an injury to his eyes, and for the rest of his life was able to "see sounds." His interpretation of one sort of sensory input as another type of perception demonstrates __________
a. synesthesia b. sensory adjustment c. perceptual adaptation d. pragnanz perception
Can brain activity define behavior?
A. It can in nonhuman subjects, but there is a mind/brain divide in human subjects. B. Activity in the center of the brain can define behavior, but activity in or near the cortex cannot. C. No. The physical brain and the conscious mind are separate entities. D. We do not know the answer to this question yet.
Theorists who believe that children who are high or low in a characteristic will remain so at later ages typically stress the importance of
A) heredity. B) stages. C) nurture. D) plasticity.