The cognitive response model of persuasion emphasizes
A) the ability to remember elements of the persuasive message.
B) the importance of what a target says to himself or herself after hearing a persuasive communication.
C) the use of reactance, where a desired freedom is made to seem scarce and thus more desirable.
D) social norms that guide the target into socially acceptable behavior.
Answer: B
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Which of these procedures would produce cognitive dissonance?
a. Surround someone with people who are giving obviously wrong answers. b. Ask someone to evaluate several pieces of contradictory information. c. Pay someone a small bribe to say something he/she didn't believe. d. Ask someone to do one thing, and then ask him/her to do the opposite.
Which of the following is an accurate statement about diatheses and stresses, as conceptualized by the diathesis-stress model of psychopathology?
a. Diatheses are always biological, and stresses are always environmental. b. Diatheses are always biological, and stresses are always psychological. c. Diatheses are always biological or psychological, and stresses are always environmental. d. Diatheses may be biological or psychological, and stresses may be biological, psychological, interpersonal, or environmental.
Interestingly, object permanence is not a uniquely human achievement. Who else can acquire object permanence?
a. chimpanzees at two years of age b. dogs at one year of age c. cats at two years of age d. nearly all reptiles at any age
When a memory is recalled, it becomes vulnerable again. This is because it must be ______.
A. potentiated B. confirmed C. reconsolidated D. rehearsed