When she first joined the Army, Stephanie was not entirely sure she would like it, but was excited about the thought of traveling around the world. By the end of the grueling basic training program, she absolutely loves Army life and is totally committed to it, despite the fact that she had been stationed in New Jersey and never got to leave the country. Stephanie's attitude toward the Army is
most likely the result of
a. self-monitoring.
b. effort justification.
c. insufficient deterrence.
d. psychological reactance.
b
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When Peterson and Peterson demonstrated the decay of short-term memory over a delay, why did they ask people to count backward by threes during the delay?
a. To develop procedural memory b. To increase chunking c. To increase depth of processing d. To prevent rehearsal
People with schizophrenia have lower than normal overall activity in the ____
a. hypothalamus b. thalamus c. left hemisphere d. right hemisphere
On average, those with the short form of the ____ transporter gene and a history of stressful experiences reported more than average symptoms of depression.
A. acetylcholine B. dopamine C. serotonin D. calcium
As a child, young Quinton often went bowling with his father. First he would use a "ramp" to just push the ball off of, using mostly the muscles in his shoulders. As he got stronger and more coordinated,
he would hold a light ball and flick it with his wrist. Finally, he learned to control the grip of his fingers to make the ball spin left or right. What developmental principle describes this pattern of increasing coordination from the center to the outside of the body? a. The inside-out rule b. The core-periphery rule c. The cephalocaudal rule d. The proximodistal rule