When Ming sprained his ankle in a backyard softball game, his girlfriend grabbed a bag of frozen corn from the freezer to wrap around his ankle until they got him to the local clinic. In this case, Ming's girlfriend:
a. showed high levels of functional fixedness
b. was able to overcome functional fixedness
c. demonstrated effective use of the availability heuristic
d. relied on anchoring and adjustment
B
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Danielle had a dream in which she was playing rummy with an elephant wearing suspenders. The next instant, the elephant had changed into one of her grade-school teachers and they were watching a purple sunset over a red ocean. According to the activation-synthesis model of dreaming, the sudden bizarre changes in settings that took place in Danielle's dream represent
a. an interpretation of random neuron activity in lower brain centers. b. the manifest content of the dream. c. the latent content of the dream. d. an attempt to work through problems she is currently experiencing in her life.
Why do students generally perform better on multiple-choice tests than on essay tests?
a. Multiple-choice tests provide more retrieval cues. b. Multiple-choice tests encourage better memory consolidation. c. Multiple-choice tests have higher long-term potentiation. d. Multiple-choice tests have less retroactive interference. e. Multiple-choice tests have less proactive interference.
A reliable measurement procedure produces similar scores when the same individuals are measured twice under similar conditions
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The two-factor theory of emotion states that:
a. people experience emotions subjectively, and this leads to physiological reactions b. physiological reactions precede and drive the subjective experience of emotions c. physiological reactions and subjective experiences occur together, but they are independent of each other d. the cognitive interpretation or appraisal of physiological reactions drives the subjective experience of emotion