Jericho is doing a quick survey for his high school newspaper. He hands out a simple index card to 100 seniors in his high school and asks them to simply drop it in a box left near the gymnasium. The card has no place for a name or identifying information. It simply says "In the past year, have you been drunk even one time?" The student simply has to check "yes" or "no.". If Jericho's classmates
are like most U.S. seniors, about ____ of them will check "yes.".
a. 15
b. 25
c. 50
d. 75
c
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a. accessible b. inferential c. implicit d. elaborative
Suppose that you are watching a television commercial advertising a new car. The commercial's spokesperson is raving about how smooth the ride is, and going bananas over what a great deal the car is. If you are half-asleep while watching the commercial, how will your automatic system process the claims?
a. Your automatic system will not process the claims at all (it will only process the images). b. Your automatic system will process the claims simply as claims; you would need to use your conscious system in order to judge their (in)validity. c. Your automatic system will process these claims as true; you would need to use your conscious system to override this assessment and doubt them. d. Your automatic system will process these claims as false; you would need to use your conscious system to assess their validity.
The common element among all exposure therapies is exposure to anxiety evoking stimuli without
a. psychoanalytic themes. b. feelings of anxiety. c. actual negative consequences. d. emotional demonstration.
What can explain the bystander effect phenomenon?
a) social loafing b) aggression c) the matching hypothesis d) the diffusion of responsibility