Premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder are most likely linked to
A) imbalances in neurotransmitters.
B) an excess of estrogen.
C) a deficit in serotonin.
D) a block of gamma-aminobutyric acid.
A
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Festinger and Carlsmith (1959) performed a famous experiment on cognitive dissonance in which subjects were asked to lie to a fellow student (about how fun a psychology experiment was) for either $1 or $20 . For subjects in the $1 condition, dissonance was created because these subjects thought to themselves: "I am a nice, ethical person, but I have just been mean and told a lie." It appears that
the $1 subjects were ultimately able to reduce this dissonance by thinking to themselves: ____. a. "I did not really tell a lie because the experiment was not that boring. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I think that it was kind of fun!" b. "I know I told that person a lie. But so what? There are bigger problems in this world!!" c. "Lying is a terrible thing. I swear that I will never do it again." d. "Whatever! I got $1 for doing almost nothing! Good deal!!"
The receptive field of a ganglion cell refers to:
a. the range of wavelengths that will cause the cell to fire b. the hemisphere of the brain that receives the neural signal c. the area of the retina that will trigger the firing of the cell d. the portion of the thalamus that causes the cell to fire
Which of the following is a basic assumption of attribution theory?
a. most causes of behavior are dispositional in nature b. people try to determine causes of the behavior of themselves and others c. people tend to behave randomly much of the time d. people are only interested in the causes of their own behavior
Understanding others' nonverbal communication is not very important.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)