Peng and Nisbett (1999) conducted studies comparing Chinese and American college students. They found that Chinese students were more likely than the Americans to prefer ____
a. non-pragmatic solutions
b. pragmatic solutions
c. formal operational thought containing no contradictions
d. dialectical proverbs containing contradictions
D. Chinese students preferred dialectical proverbs containing contradictions.
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a. nearest neighbor c. family resemblance b. person perception d. average distance
__________ is a conditioned reinforcer
a. A slap b. Food c. A paycheck d. A fire e. Hunger
According to the chapter I Confessabout false confessions to crimes, one of the conditions that some of the
participants were randomly assigned to was (a) low vulnerability - low intelligence (b) sleep deprived - coffee consumed (c) low vulnerability - false witness absent (d) medium vulnerability - false witness present
The 1970 Commission on Obscenity and Pornography concluded that
a. there was an increase in sex crimes in countries where pornography had been legalized b. the easy availability of pornography led to an increase in sex crimes c. there was no demonstrated relationship between sex crimes and pornography d. exposure to pornography leads to an increase in violent sex crimes