Studies of self-verification and social identity have shown that . . .
a. These aspects of ourselves are unrelated
b. Self-verification is more important than social identity
c. Individuals who verify an unflattering aspect of social identity are preferred as interaction partners
d. Individuals who have no social identity do not engage in self-verification procedures
c. Individuals who verify an unflattering aspect of social identity are preferred as interaction partners
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According to Seligman's research on learned helplessness, one way to help "immunize" people from becoming depressed would be to:
A. surround them with as many pleasant stimuli as possible B. expose them early in life to adversities they can overcome C. put them in situations where they cannot possibly escape from adversity D. make sure they do not experience much adversity in their life
The right hemisphere of the brain controls the movements of the left half of the body. This means that motor control is __________.
A. ipsilateral B. contralateral C. complete D. opposing
The graphic representation of the results of Ebbinghaus' research is known as the
a. scatter plot of memory loss. b. histogram of retention. c. memory interference polygon. d. curve of forgetting.
One of the advantages of conducting a longitudinal study instead of a cross-sectional study is that:
A. it is often inexpensive and the least time consuming of all research designs. B. it produces results that are almost always generalizable to the larger population. C. it rarely suffers from the third variable problem and can accurately separate causes from consequences. D. it shows that the independent variable precedes and predicts changes in the dependent variable over time.