People sometimes do the exact opposite of what someone is trying to persuade them to do. For example, when parents tell their children not to look in certain drawers or cabinets, children sometimes take a sneak peek into these areas just because they were told not to. In social psychology, this effect is known as "the boomerang effect," or ____
a. the inoculation effect
b. negative attitude change
c. the halo effect
d. the sleeper effect
B
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Which is the best example of an autobiographical memory?
a. Recalling that the War of 1812 was fought in 1812 b. Recalling the heated argument between you and you mom that broke out at your wedding c. Thinking about the hot ham sandwich that you are going to have for lunch d. Understanding that numbers are easier to recall when they are chunked into groups
When Elizabeth Loftus showed videotapes of car accidents and then asked viewers questions about what they saw, she found that ____
a. ?viewers were more accurate in their memories of more dramatic accidents than of less dramatic accidents b. ?females were more accurate than males in their memories of accidents c. ?viewers became confused about details when they were shown multiple videos d. ?misinformation and suggestive questioning altered the recall of viewers
About 26 percent of adolescents get less than ________ hours of sleep a night
a. 5.5 c. 7.5 b. 6.5 d. 8.5
Why is it important to learn about biology?
a) to understand many areas of psychology b) to realize how unconscious forces control our minds c) to identify medical problems that might have psychological consequences d) to understand differences between behaviors influenced by biological conditions and those influenced by psychological conditions