Wanda likes investigative journalism. She reads newspapers that follows investigative reporting. She does not read other newspapers because she dislikes their views. In this scenario, Wanda is exhibiting _____
A) the fear appeal
B) the actor-observer effect
C) attitude-discrepant behavior
D) selective exposure
D
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Which of the following statements is true about anxiety?
a) it is never considered realistic or normal b) some anxiety is realistic when its source is understandable c) it always manifests itself as a disorder d) it is unusual for a mentally healthy person to experience anxiety
Why does administration of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) often cause memory loss?
a) It disrupts the process of consolidation. b) It decreases the speed of information processing. c) It destroys brain areas responsible for memory storage. d) It causes a release of stress hormones that initiate a process of repression.
We are most likely to turn to inappropriate coping techniques and cling to them rigidly, despite evidence that they are not working, during the ______ stage of the general adaptation syndrome
a. primary response c. exhaustion b. alarm reaction d. resistance
Name the theorist who developed and used the "looking chamber" to study the vision of infants in the early 1960s.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).