The smallest incentive that will get people to do something is usually the most effective in getting them to like the activity and keep doing it. This is best explained by the
A. self-presentation theory
B. emotional contagion theory
C. overjustification theory
D. insuffiecient justification theory
Answer: C. overjustification theory
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b. Action potentials from the ears to the brain travel more slowly than before. c. Rapid production of earwax blocks sound waves in the ear. d. Nerve impulses from the ear do not release enough neurotransmitter.
According to Allport, the central problem for any personality theory is:
a. how it deals with the conflicts of childhood. b. how it successfully resolves the identity crisis. c. how it compensates for the complexes in humans. d. how it treats the concept of motivation.
Surveys indicate that nearly ____ couples in Spain and the United Kingdom meet online
a. one in every 5 b. one in every 10 c. one in every 15 d. one in every 20
When a very skewed distribution is involved,
a. use the mode because the most frequently occurring score will be the point around which most scores will be located. b. use the median because it is more representative of most of the scores. c. use the mean because it will best represent the extreme scores in the tail. d. no measure of central tendency should be calculated.