Six-year-old Sarah had been watching her older brother and sister in swim meets for several years. Sarah believed she was a good swimmer, too, and eagerly entered her first swim meet shortly after she turned 6
Bandura would say that __________ played a role in Sarah's desire to imitate her siblings.
a. genetic factors c. punishment
b. self-efficacy d. negative reinforcement
b
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Which of the following options would not be an important factor in automatic processing?
a. close attention b. ease in performing parallel tasks c. tasks that are well-practiced d. the use of few cognitive resources
Which term is used to describe the failure to integrate positive and negative interpersonal experiences?
a) autism b) delusion c) splitting d) primary process
John, a 40-year-old man, discounts climatic threats and does not believe that temperature and sea levels are rising because of climatic change. He is against the imposition of a carbon tax and argues that an automotive fuel economy standard is enough to control emissions. In the context of persuasion, John's resistance to climate science is due to ________ in this scenario.
A. an illusion of transparency B. motivated reasoning C. misinformation D. the overjustification effect
Searching long-term memory for previously learned information is known as
a. encoding. b. storage. c. retrieval. d. transience.