What did Chiou, Yang, and Wan (2011) find when they gave study participants a placebo nutritional pill?
a) Participants were more likely to participate in risky behaviors.
b) Participants were more likely to exercise.
Consider This: Researchers found that nutritional supplements have an ironic effect.
LO 2.4: Identify the proportionate relationship between aging and individual differences based on genetics, lifestyle, race and socio-economic factors
c) Participants were more likely to eat healthier.
Consider This: Researchers found that nutritional supplements have an ironic effect.
LO 2.4: Identify the proportionate relationship between aging and individual differences based on genetics, lifestyle, race and socio-economic factors
d) Participants were more likely to keep taking nutritional supplements.
Consider This: Researchers found that nutritional supplements have an ironic effect.
LO 2.4: Identify the proportionate relationship between aging and individual differences based on genetics, lifestyle, race and socio-economic factors
ANS: a
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a. response cost. b. classical conditioning. c. shaping. d. reciprocal inhibition.
What is one advantage listed in the text regarding adoptive parents versus stepparents?
They are legally connected to their children. They did not want the children, but took them anyway. They have less of an emotional bond. They are less satisfied with their role as parents.
Rather than focusing on traits, Walter Mischel advised personality psychologists to investigate
a) heritability. b) body types. c) influence of situations on behaviors. d) the effects of speed of neural conduction on behavior.
The self-serving attribution bias is that individuals attribute their success to ______ factors and their failure to _____ factors.
a) Internal; internal b) Internal; external c) External; external d) External; internal