Claudia wants to send a fragile vase to her parents for their anniversary, but she can't find any appropriate packing material in her house. She decides to pop some popcorn and use that to pack around the vase. In this case, Claudia has
a. demonstrated functional fixedness in solving her problem.
b. effectively utilized the availability heuristic in solving her problem.
c. overcome functional fixedness in solving her problem.
d. utilized an elimination-by-aspects strategy to solve her problem.
C
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a. psychodynamic b. social cognitive c. ecological d. cognitive-developmental
Because of the phenomenon of spontaneous recovery, psychologists believe that
a. extinction of a CR can never really occur. b. extinction of a CS can never really occur. c. the CR is not really extinguished but merely inhibited during extinction trials. d. the UR is not really extinguished but merely inhibited during extinction trials.
At your second-cousin's graduation party, you mention to your 4-year-old that Nick is going to college to become a nurse. She immediately tells you that "boys can't be nurses." Provide one explanation for her belief
What will be an ideal response?
When Ben loses his wife of thirty years to heart disease, one of the most important environmental factors that will indicate how well physically and psychologically he fares is:
A. optimism B. socioeconomic status C. management skills D. social support