Representative Jansen, a U.S. congresswoman, believes in the reproductive rights and welfare of women but voted to ban late-term abortions. Jansen feels very uneasy about the conflict between her beliefs and her behavior. She is most likely experiencing:
a. the just-world hypothesis.
b. cognitive resolution.
c. cognitive dissonance.
d. the fundamental attribution error.
c
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______ is a graph showing the relationship between two dependent variables for a group of individuals.
A. Line graph B. Pie chart C. Bar graph D. Scatterplot
When a person has damage to his or her brain that produces prosopagnosia, the individual loses the ability to:
a. see objects that are in motion b. detect objects that appear in the left visual field c. see objects that are at rest d. recognize faces
One important limitation of the experimental design is that
when research participants know what condition they have been assigned to, this knowledge, rather than the independent variable, may be the cause of the differences observed in the dependent variable. This is known as the _____ effect. Fill in the blank with correct word
The tendency to become a social loafer is greater among __________ than it is among
__________, and greater for people living in __________ cultures than people living in __________ cultures. a. men; women; Eastern; Western b. men; women; Western; Eastern c. women; men; Eastern; Western d. women; men; Western; Eastern e. women; men; South American; North American