The study of how people use processes such as perception, memory, thought, and emotion to help make sense of other people as well as themselves is:
a. social cognition
b. attitude formation
c. groupthink
d. group polarization
A
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What is the developmental pattern of sensitivity to reward and punishment, as studied in gambling tasks given to children, adolescents, and adults?
What will be an ideal response?
Elimination of unnecessary or unused connections between neurons is called
a. synaptic pruning. b. neural degeneration. c. neural integration. d. synaptic degeneration.
Russ has just solved eight multiplication problems in a row. When he gets to the ninth problem, he does not notice the plus (+) sign in the problem and multiplies instead of adds. Russ's error can best be explained by which one of the following?
A. He used an algorithm when he should have used a heuristic. B. He brought an inappropriate response set to the problem. C. He engaged in divergent thinking when he should have engaged in convergent thinking.} D. He used a heuristic when he should have used an algorithm.
Psychologist Joseph Steinmetz and his colleagues found that people with autism, obsessive compulsive disorder, fetal alcohol syndrome, and schizophrenia show unusual
a. salivation conditioning. b. eye blink conditioning. c. knee jerk responses. d. tongue placement during speech.