Wilma believed that her local senator was an honest, law-biding citizen. When he was indicted on charges of insider trading, she told all her friends there had been a mistake and he would soon be cleared. Finally, the senator confessed to the crimes and served time in prison. Through all of this, Wilma kept insisting he had been framed and was taking the blame to protect someone else. In this
example, Wilma shows strong evidence of:
a. belief persistence
b. the framing effect
c. the availability heuristic
d. memory reconstruction
A
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A) Motor reflexes B) Physiological responses C) Conditioned reflexes D) Conditioned responses
Of the different types of aggression, the most destructive and threatening is
instrumental aggression. reactive aggression. bullying aggression. relational aggression.
Chris argues that all living things possess spirits that control them. For instance, he
believes that trees and other plants grow upward because the spirits within them wish to be closer to the warmth of the sun. Chris is a proponent of a. animism. b. materialism. c. empiricism. d. dualism. e. structuralism.
James has been sleeping for about 90 minutes when his brain shows rapid, irregular waves. His blood pressure rises, his heart rate increases, and his skeletal muscles go limp. Which of the following is the most likely conclusion?
a. James is chronically sleep-deprived and his sleep, like his daytime activities, is abnormal. b. James is experiencing physiological changes that are normal for the third stage of sleep. c. James is experiencing unusual sleep because during the day he engaged in strenuous physical activities. d. James is experiencing physiological changes that are normal during REM sleep.