Campaigns to prevent risky behaviors by teens may be less effective because _____ leads teens to believe that bad things are likely to happen to others but not to themselves
A) formal operational thinking
B) the personal fable
C) probabilistic reasoning
D) the imaginary audience
Answer: B
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Regarding the limbic system, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Many of the "pleasure pathways" in the limbic system are found within the reticular formation. b. When punishment areas in the limbic system are activated, animals show discomfort and will work hard to turn off the stimulation. c. Commonly abused drugs, such as cocaine, amphetamine, heroin, and marijuana, activate the same pleasure pathways as sex and food. d. Music that would be described as "thrilling" can activate pleasure systems in your brain.
In cognitive studies of infants, the term "preference" refers to
a. liking one person more than another. c. lack of discrimination. b. choosing one thing over another. d. perceptual bias.
Anette puts makeup on the right side but not the left side of her face. The most likely explanation is that she has
A. agnosia. B. prosopagnosia. C. hemineglect. D. paralysis.
Why did researchers interested in the DRM paradigm choose to study people who believed they had been abducted by aliens?
A) To show that self-perceived victims of alien abductions possess hypermemory B) To show that it is impossible to create false memories in the laboratory C) To strengthen the generalizability of the DRM paradigm D) To show that it is easy to create false memories of alien abduction in the laboratory