Grocery stores in the Toronto area attempted to get shoppers to reuse their plastic shopping bags either by providing a 5-cent credit for doing so or by imposing a 5-cent tax for not reusing their bags. Which statement about the results of this policy is TRUE?
A) The credit but not the tax significantly increased bag reuse.
B) The tax but not the credit significantly increased bag reuse.
C) Both manipulations equally increased bag reuse.
D) Both manipulations significantly increased bag reuse, but the tax was more effective.
B) The tax but not the credit significantly increased bag reuse.
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a. is unpredictable and haphazard in nature. b. occurs in a predictable sequence over the life course. c. is non-sequential over the life course, especially during adolescence. d. occurs in an unpredictable sequence over the life course.
As Professor Gilpin is lecturing on the definition of psychology, he asks a student, Rita, to think about an example of a mental process. After thinking about it, Rita is still confused by the term mental processes. To clarify the term, Professor Gilpin should:
a. ask a brighter student to define mental processes b. point out to Rita that mental processes are emphasized by the cognitive approach c. suggest that Rita use the SQ3R approach described in her text d. suggest that Rita, in her attempt to think about mental processes, was in fact giving an example of a mental process
The polygraph test is based on the assumption that lying is always accompanied with a set of physiological or behavioral indicators. This assumption is called the _____
Fill in the blank with correct word
Stimulus motives are largely learned
a. True b. False