Studies on the durability bias suggest that people tend to _____ the long-term impacts of events on our happiness and unhappiness
A) underestimate
B) overestimate
C) estimate accurately
D) estimate at random
Answer: B
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a. reported drinking heavily and drinking alone, with the goal of becoming intoxicated and forgetting problems b. reported having to take on adult responsibilities as children c. reported only moderate social drinking and never drinking alone, because they feared the negative consequences of excessive alcohol use they witnessed in their parents d. reported similar drinking patterns to adolescents with non-alcoholic parents
During his studies on imprinting in precocial birds, Lorenz noticed that in many species, including humans, infants' immature features trigger
a. feelings of love. c. caretaker behavior. b. feelings of nostalgia. d. protective behavior.
Baby Jimmy's parent places a brand new rattle in his crib. Instantly, Jimmy picks up the rattle, tries to mouth the rattle, and notices that when it shakes, it makes noise
Jimmy immediately tries shaking the rattle different ways to see how the sound changes, and he seems to enjoy this activity. Piaget would say that this is an example of a) Substage 2: First habits and primary circular reactions b) Substage 1: Simple reflexes c) Substage 3: Secondary circular reactions d) Substage 4: Coordination of secondary circular reactions
Since the ability to control your own life is the essence of what it means to be human, Albert Bandura believes that one of the most important expectancies we develop concerns our capacity for producing a desired result. Bandura called this concept
a. self-reinforcement. b. self-efficacy. c. congruence. d. organismic valuing.