In terms of how it is experienced, cognitive dissonance most closely resembles ____
a. an emotion or feeling of arousal
b. a gap in memory
c. an eerie feeling akin to déjà vu, clairvoyance, or communicating with ghosts
d. intense cognitive focus (i.e., being "in the zone")
A
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a. endowment effect. b. escalation effect. c. sunk cost effect. d. expectancy phenomenon.
Which of the following are criticisms of the distribution of consumption model?
a. it does not recognize that normal drinkers and heavy drinkers may react differently to reductions in alcoholavailability b. it provides no insights as to why people drink c. it may increase bootlegging d. all of these
The results from studies that have compared correlations in intelligence between identical twins reared apart and fraternal twins reared together support the notion that:
a. intelligence is entirely determined by environmental factors b. intelligence is inherited to a considerable degree c. heredity does not contribute to similarities in intelligence scores d. shared environment explains most of the similarity in family intelligence scores
Men experience __________ in testosterone levels between the ages of 48 and 70
a. virtually no decline b. a gradual decline of between 10 to 20 percent c. a gradual decline of between 30 and 40 percent d. a gradual decline of between 50 and 60 percent