According to ________, social relationships involve an exchange of goods, the objective of which is to minimize costs and maximize benefits.
A. the elaboration likelihood model
B. psychological exchange theory
C. social exchange theory
D. the concept of social contagion
Answer: C
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Which of the following is a drawback of case studies?
A) Interviewers may influence participants to give responses that suit their expectations. B) Case studies are not descriptive and hence do not offer substantial information about participants. C) Interviewers are required to disclose personal information about clients. D) Case studies do not collect information about small groups.
The conclusion to be drawn from the man named Shereshevskii whose abnormal brain functioning gave him virtually limitless word-for-word memory is that having memory like a video recorder
a. is largely a blessing because no event would be erased. b. is an advantage because it eliminates "selective" recording (remembering some events and forgetting others), which provides no useful service to humans. c. helped him draw powerful inferences and intelligent conclusions from his vast knowledge base. d. can seriously disrupt functioning in one's personal life
Which is not a causal attribution or explanations of failure for Seligman?
A. personal–universal B. global–specific C. stable–unstable D. personal–global
Research on race and self-esteem in Americans suggests that
A. self-esteem is generally consistent across racial groups. B. average levels of self-esteem differ across racial groups. C. racial differences in self-esteem are only observed in adults. D. racial differences in self-esteem are only observed in adolescents.