You stayed up all night cramming for this examination and didn't do as well as you had hoped. "If only I had started studying sooner and gotten a good night's rest, I'd have done much better," you think to yourself. You have just engaged in
a. self-justification.
b. counterfactual thinking.
c. wish fulfillment.
d. unrealistic fantasy.
Answer: B
You might also like to view...
If you are regarded as very attractive, it is likely that you will develop relationships with people who are also regarded as very attractive. This is known as the ____
a. ?complementary hypothesis b. ?mere exposure theory c. ?matching hypothesis d. ?homogeneity theory
According to Noam Chomsky, what is a language acquisition device?
a. an environmental entity that allows people to learn foreign languages b. a biological element of the brain that allows us to learn language c. a learning method that many can use to understand the language of infants and small children d. a part of the brain that develops during puberty that allows teens and adults to formulate questions and engage others
In the context of the study of relationships between variables, the ________ method involves direct manipulation and control of variables.
A. experimental B. confounded C. operational D. curvilinear
The idea that memory is better at moderate levels of emotional intensity is consistent with __________
a. Easterbrook hypothesis b. the Yerkes-Dodson law c. von Restorff effect d. mood-congruent memory