After the World Trade Center bombing, counselors came in to help the survivors and rescue workers cope. Some of the counselors just listened and let the people talk about the disaster. Based on Pennebaker's research, this procedure was probably:
a. harmful, because trauma victims always need intense psychotherapy
b. helpful, because talking about troubles leads to better coping and less stress
c. harmful, because talking just reopens the wounds so that they are slower to heal
d. neutral, because talking doesn't hurt, but it doesn't help, either
B
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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a. observational learning. b. trial-and-error learning. c. information processing. d. insight learning. e. latent learning.
The recency effect occurs when participants are asked to recall a list of words. One way to get rid of the recency effect is to
a. have participants say "la, la, la" while studying the list. b. present the list more slowly. c. have participants count backwards for 30 seconds after hearing the last word of the list. d. have participants see the words on a screen, rather than hear them.
Place theory proposes that ____
a. ?the source of a sound determines its frequency b. ?sounds of different frequencies excite different areas of the basilar membrane c. ?the overall context of individual sounds causes the brain to interpret pitch differently d. ?high pitch sounds are converted by the middle ear and lower pitched sounds by the inner ear