Hilda is on a low carbohydrate diet, which restricts her from eating foods such as white bread, potato chips, and pretzels. The more Hilda thinks about the fact that she cannot eat such foods, however, the more desperately she begins to crave them. Social psychologists refer to this kind of pattern as a(n) __________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


ironic process

Psychology

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An expatriate living overseas says, "No matter where we live, we are flexible and try to go native, adjusting our habits to match those of the locals.". Her family is strong on ____ of their behavioral schemata

a. reflex activation b. microgenetic development c. assimilation d. accommodation

Psychology

A common factor found in persons with AIDS is

a. immune system dysfunction b. dementia c. pneumocystis carinii pneumonia d. hemophilia e. Kaposi's sarcoma

Psychology

Some observers suggest that identity in minority adolescents is facilitated by the formation of a ___________ in which adolescents draw from their own cultural identity while integrating themselves into the dominant culture; this suggests that an

individual can live as a member of two cultures, with two cultural identities, without having to choose one over the other. a. bicultural identity c. cultural assimilation model b. monocultural identity d. pluralistic society model

Psychology

Cochlear implants enable the deaf to hear by receiving incoming sound information and ________.

a. bypassing the auditory nerve to transmit information to the brain through the optic nerve b. directly stimulating the auditory nerve to transmit information to the brain c. directly stimulating the basilar membrane to transmit information to the brain d. indirectly stimulating the auditory nerve to transmit information to the brain

Psychology