If you set your clock ten minutes fast, it may be easier to leave the house on time in the morning. Even though you know that the clock is fast, your departure is under which of the following regarding the clock?
a. shaping
b. stimulus control
c. punishment consequence
d. time-out
B
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If, in a painting, a figure of a person is drawn larger than a house, the house will seem to be ____ because of ____
a. closer; interposition b. farther away; interposition c. farther away; relative size d. closer; relative size
Many people receive unsolicited calls from telemarketers or unwanted "junk" mailers advertising offers for products such as cable or Internet services or cellular phone companies. Most people do not consider these offers and do not make a change to the plans or services that they receive because they do not want to make a decision that requires serious consideration or thought. This is an example of the _________________ bias.
A. actor-observer B. dual systems C. self-serving D. status quo
In dichotic listening tasks,
a. most right-handed people will repeat the information heard by the left ear b. most right-handed people will repeat the information heard by the right ear. c. 50 percent of right-handed people will repeat the information heard by the left ear. d. most left-handed people will repeat the information heard by the left ear.
One example of the lasting influence of the humanist psychologists is the interest of many contemporary psychologists in studying
a. the unconscious mind. b. the role of culture in personality. c. the many positive human traits, such as courage, altruism, and self-confidence. d. the role of biology in determining personality.