Humans have the need to control their own destinies and choices. As a result, when this is threatened, we work harder to maintain this freedom. According to Brehm & Brehm (1981), this effortful response is known as ____________
a. resistance
b. overacting
c. psychological reactance
d. predicted response
c
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Censoring dissent, pressuring to conform, omitting contradictory evidence, and polarizing ingroup and outgroup are basic features of which of the following?
a. social loafing b. group polarization c. social diffusion d. groupthink
The assessment of childhood problems typically makes use of a(n) ____ approach
a. multi-method b. idiographic c. divergent d. single theoretical
As a new step-father, Jackson should a. show interest, but not get too involved in the lives of his new step-children
b. establish clear boundaries with both his step- and biological children. c. establish himself as the authority with both his step- and biological children. d. show affection first toward his children, then his new spouse.
Silas participated in a psychology experiment in which he was shown a series of word pairs and was asked to rate them on the basis of how well they fit together. Two days later, he was shown the same pairs of words, but this time, one of the words in the pair was missing. Nevertheless, Silas recalls almost all the missing words even though he was not asked to remember them. The type of study that
he participated in was most likely interested in the effects of ____. a. ?priming b. ?heuristics c. ?the law of effect d. ?perceptual organization