The textbook problem of how many socks to take out of a drawer to get a matched pair when the drawer contains a four to five mixture of white and black socks requires the reader to realize that the four to five mixture is irrelevant information and that the only relevant information is that there are two colors of socks. Getting the correct answer of three socks requires the reader to first use
which of Davidson's insight abilities?
a. selective combination
b. selective assimilation
c. selective comparison
d. selective encoding
D
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Imagine that your girlfriend loves zydeco music. Eventually, your girlfriend dumps you, walking out of your apartment in the middle of a song. Your stomach tightens, and you are sad and angry. A few weeks later, you happen to hear zydeco music in a friend's car. Assuming classical conditioning occurred, what should happen when you hear the zydeco?
A) Your stomach clenches. B) You call your ex-girlfriend on your cell phone and beg her to take you back. C) You begin discussing your relationship problems with your friend. D) You immediately think of all the good times that you had with your ex-girlfriend.
Which of the following exemplifies the belief by most professionals that strengths and traits exist across cultures but are manifested differently?
A. One person pursues happiness by avoiding negative consequences, and another tries to remain balanced by taking on positive and negative consequences. B. Two people use wisdom as guidance despite being in different countries. C. Someone used hope to ease the symptoms of depression, and another person eased the symptoms of depression but did not use hope as it does not exist in their culture. D. One person is satisfied by basic necessities in life, and another person is rich but also satisfied by basic necessities.
You are afraid of tunnels. Your therapist first helps you to deeply relax and then asks you to imagine a distant tunnel. When you can stay relaxed while visualizing this image, the therapist then asks you to imagine nearing the entrance, and finally entering the tunnel. Eventually, when you can remain relaxed while imagining all of this, the therapist takes you through a short tunnel. This list of increasingly fear-provoking situations is known as
A. assertiveness training. B. stress-inoculation therapy. C. a token economy program. D. a desensitization hierarchy.
One way that male athletes display a distorted view of women is by ____
a. being sexually aggressive c. fostering hypermasculinity b. having rape-supportive attitudes d. using derogatory language