Adolescents' evaluations of their lives in terms of their thoughts and their emotions is known as
A) cognitive appraisal. B) positive psychology.
C) subjective well-being. D) personal evaluation.
C
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Suppose that you are studying for a biopsychology examination, and you decide to try asking yourself questions about why various structures in the central nervous system operate the way they do
According to the discussion of memory strategies, your technique would a. enhance encoding specificity. b. promote simple rehearsal. c. lead to divided attention.
When culture is used as an independent variable in research, the research is not truly
experimental because a. cultural differences are too complex to be studied experimentally. b. ethical considerations prevent experimentation on cultural groups. c. subjects are not randomly assigned to a cultural group. d. biological influences cannot be separated from cultural influences. e. matching of subjects is necessary.
In Mali, mothers encourage babies to sit and stand at an early age, and they often suspend the infants by their arms or legs. Babies raised in this culture are
A) typically two to three months behind North American babies in the major motor milestones. B) typically ahead of North American babies in the major motor milestones. C) more susceptible to injury during adolescence than babies raised in North America. D) more athletic as adults than babies raised in North America.
A child who acquires a fear of a light socket because she saw someone else get shocked when he touched it is exhibiting
a. vicarious classical conditioning. b. instrumental conditioning. c. response shaping. d. vicarious withdrawal.