Researchers found that churchgoers were more likely to donate to charity before they attended confession than after, presumably because the act of confession
a. reduced their guilt.
b. enhanced their self-esteem.
c. reduced their self-esteem.
d. made them feel guilty.
Answer: A
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a. REM sleep patterns. b. cytoplasm. c. circadian rhythms. d. use of alcohol.
Victor received ECT for his severe depression. He is experiencing memory loss for the events before and after the treatment. What can be reasonably expected with regard to his loss of memory?
A. Those memories are lost forever. B. His memory will deteriorate with more treatments and the loss will be permanent. C. It is not known what will happen, since Victor's problem with memory loss is very rare. D. He will show gradual improvement and his memory will likely return to normal.
Most popular self-help books, like the kind sold in mall bookstores:
a. are never evaluated to see if they actually help people. b. do help people, but in unexpected ways. c. definitely do not help people. d. help some people, but do not help others.
Strongly cohesive groups may assume that their decisions can't be incorrect and to put pressure on all group members to strongly support the group's decisions. This is known as ________
a) a social dilemma b) groupthink c) deindividuation d) group polarization