Why do many psychologists doubt the idea of basic emotions?
a. Each type of emotion depends on activity in a different part of the brain
b. Children less than one year old display most of the same emotions as adults.
c. People cannot recognize any of the facial expressions of other cultures.
d. The various aspects of fear or anger do not correlate strongly with one another.
d
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b. Slower reading prompted students to use the availability heuristic. c. Slower reading prompted students to use System 2 thinking. d. Slower reading shifted thinking from the left hemisphere to the right hemisphere.
Which statement about social psychology is false?
a. A goal of social psychology is to develop general principles that describe human behavior. b. An assumption of social psychology is that only social factors influence human behavior. c. Social psychology relies on the scientific method to learn about human behavior. d. Social psychology considers the way in which the imagined presence of others influences individuals.
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A. actor-observer effect B. covariation principle C. fundamental attribution error D. self-serving bias
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A) projection; transference B) displacement; transference C) reaction formation; displacement D) repression; displacement