When Howie's old girlfriend used to get upset with him, he could smooth things over by buying flowers or chocolates for her. He keeps trying this strategy with his current girlfriend, but she gets angry with him each time
It appears that Howie has developed _______________which is interfering with the development of a new relationship strategy.
A) a mental set
B) an anchoring effect
C) a prototype
D) a goal state
Answer: A
Rationale: A mental set is a cognitive obstacle that occurs when an individual attempts to apply a routine solution to what is actually a new type of problem.
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Which measure also has an abbreviated quicktest?
a. Wonderlic b. Myers-Briggs c. Perceived Person—Environment Fit Scale d. Taylor-Russell
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a. single gene-pair inheritance. b. polygenetic effects. c. dominant genes. d. sex-linked traits.
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, acts of child maltreatment were ____
a. illegal and punishable by severe fines b. very uncommon but largely overlooked c. practiced primarily among lower socioeconomic classes d. considered to be a parent's right for educating or disciplining a child