Denise thought the test was easy, but she was not sure. So, after she turns in her paper she talks to her friends to see what they thought about the test. Denise’s actions best illustrate
a. need for affiliation.
b. need for power.
c. need for intimacy.
d. extraversion.
e. the social comparison processes.
e. the social comparison processes.
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In a psychology laboratory experiment, your group has conditioned a dog to salivate at the sound of the radio. After conditioning is successful, the dog is put through an extinction process so that he no longer salivates at the sound. After being removed from the test situation for a few days, he is brought back in. The dog salivates at the sound of the radio again. This is an example of _____.
A. stimulus generalization B. higher-order conditioning C. sensitization D. spontaneous recovery
How do sperm cells develop?
A. Through meiosis, with the X sex chromosomes splitting from the Y sex chromosomes to form 23 chromosomes. B. Through meiosis, with the X sex chromosomes splitting from the Y sex chromosomes to form 23 pairs of chromosomes. C. Through mitosis, with the X sex chromosomes splitting from the Y sex chromosomes to form 23 chromosomes. D. Through mitosis, with the X sex chromosomes splitting from the Y sex chromosomes to form 23 pairs of chromosomes.
A very young infant who is unable to detect the contours in a finely patterned checkerboard array is most likely to attend to this stimulus
a. more than to a gray stimulus of equal intensity. b. less than to a gray stimulus of equal intensity. c. about the same as to a gray stimulus of equal intensity. d. about the same as a colored stimulus of less intensity.
Among the many techniques for preventing pregnancy recommended by doctors over the years, which of the following is effective?
a. standing up immediately after intercourse b. breast feeding c. barrier methods d. douching