Cooper and colleagues have argued that people who develop patterns of heavy drug use
a. do so because of parental example, which is the primary predictor.
b. believe in the positive effects of using drugs.
c. have dopamine-deficient brains.
d. do so in order to avoid perceived negative aspects of their lives.
e. do so in order to moderate positive and negative emotions.
e. do so in order to moderate positive and negative emotions.
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a. Newton's Law c. self-efficacy expectations b. encoding strategies d. quantum mechanics
Faculty in the psychology department at State University consume an average of 5 cups of coffee per day with a standard deviation of 1.5 . The distribution is normal. What proportion of faculty consume an amount between 4 and 6 cups?
a. .5468 b. .4972 c. .50 d. none of the alternative is correct
Which of the following is true of the cerebellum?
A) It is located above the medulla. B) It becomes increasingly wrinkled as a child develops. C) It controls basic functions, such as heartbeat and respiration. D) It is only one-eighth of a centimeter in length.
Before Stanley Milgram conducted his study on obedience, he asked a number of psychiatrists and psychologists how many people would go all the way to the highest voltage under the instructions of the authority. Milgram found that
a. the experts accurately predicted that about 45 percent of the participants would inflict what they thought were dangerous amounts of shock. b. the experts accurately predicted that about 65 percent of the participants would inflict what they thought were dangerous amounts of shock. c. the experts greatly underestimated how many participants would inflict what they thought were dangerous amounts of shock. d. the experts greatly overestimated how many participants would inflict what they thought were dangerous amounts of shock.