A large drunken guy in a bar insults Josh's girlfriend. Josh is very angry but he takes a few deep breaths and "counts to ten.". These deep breaths and "counting to ten" will most likely
a. give the drunken guy an opportunity to apologize to Josh and his girlfriend.
b. cause Josh to react too slowly and give the drunken guy the opportunity to hit Josh.
c. calm Josh so that he will make a rational decision not to fight.
d. prevent Josh from crying and making "a fool out of himself" in front of his girlfriend.
C
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E. C. Tolman's work on latent learning demonstrated that
a. rats can learn a maze in the absence of reinforcement. b. rats cannot learn a maze in the absence of reinforcement. c. dogs can be conditioned when tones and shocks are presented at random intervals. d. dogs come to expect shock in the presence of the tone.
Depression is:
a. always accompanied by a manic state. b. equally common among men and women. c. a type of psychosis. d. the most common psychological disorder.
The best analogy for the way long-term memory is conceptualized would be _________
a) a revolving door b) a filing cabinet c) a desktop d) a television