What is social inhibition?

A. stifling the urge to pursue social activities
B. the rejection of forming long-term relationships
C. a reluctance to express emotions that risk others' disapproval
D. denying the motivation to make friends and seek new social partners


Answer: C

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Which of the following is a criticism of the peer-review process in the field of the social sciences?

A. Reviewers are paid more if they find more errors. B. Reviewers may be direct competitors of the authors of reviewed articles. C. Reviewers may be from non-scientific backgrounds. D. Reviewers lack the means to provide feedback to the authors of reviewed articles.

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a. Cones, which help us to see color, don’t work well in dimly-lit conditions. b. The darkness provides complementary wavelengths, which effectively erases the color from the objects. c. Rods, which help us to see color, are only utilized in brightly-lit conditions. d. Darkness inhibits rods and cones from the process of transduction and therefore prevents the perception of colors.

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