Social cognition can be best described as the study of
a. how we perceive, remember, and interpret information about the self and others.
b. how cultural differences are manifested in social behavior.
c. the extent to which social behavior is rooted in the chemistry of the brain.
d. the interaction of people and new "thinking" computers.
a
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As you study for a class, you find that the material is very difficult. To encode the material into long-term memory, you should try to ____.
A. increase the storage capacity of long-term memory B. rehearse it many times C. memorize the material D. make associations between the material and what you already know
According to the ______________, people aggress when their goals are thwarted.
A. pleasure principle B. frustration-aggression principle C. drive principle D. motivation principle E. aggression-motivation hypothesis
Which of the following is an example of applied research in psychology?
a. Participants are asked whether or not they know the answers to a series of questions; the results show that they respond more quickly when the answer is ‘no' than when the answer is ‘yes.' b. Two testing methods are compared to see which one is better at selecting applicants who will be successful in a job training program. c. A researcher finds that people can recall more words from a list when they are asked to create an image to go with each word. d. A researcher finds that people react more quickly to a signal that is expected than to one that is unexpected.
The memory system that psychologists sometimes describe as an "inner voice" is:
a. echoic memory b. short-term memory c. procedural memory d. episodic memory